tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536854065433425156.post2230766264379999646..comments2023-11-02T01:20:32.436-07:00Comments on The Forbidden Gospels: Part 2: Your responses to the question, "Why do non-canonical texts make us uneasy?"April DeConickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06616757055618151612noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536854065433425156.post-90896156902421020532007-07-02T13:54:00.000-07:002007-07-02T13:54:00.000-07:00Some of the 'academy' have the texts of the NT so ...Some of the 'academy' have the texts of the NT so well under their control that they would like to spend five years exploring whether or not Jesus existed. I am talking about The Jesus Project - "The goal is to figure out if Jesus' life served as a basis for the beginning of Christianity, or if his story is a myth that led to the propagation of the religion."<BR/>Now that that sounds as though there are quite a few who are uneasy about the canonical NT, let alone gnostic texts. It is a pity that the Jesus Project isn't at the same time considering the possibility that there was indeed a prophet and a real story behind the canonical texts. <BR/><BR/>The gnostic texts back-up the idea that the 'disciples' were led by a spirit who appeared to them. In the Gospel of Judas, Judas is described as a prophet, and he is a leading prophet. Now these are two conclusions that I have arrived at independently from my readings of the NT and other non-gnostic writings. Fundamental to any uneasiness of the 'academy' with regard to the gnostic texts must be that Jesus appears as a spirit character.geoffhudson.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724916983698195467noreply@blogger.com