[Right Wing Professor]

In sum, my somewhat non-answer to your question is the gospels-written-long-after dispute is a bit of a red herring.

The point is that if the date of the 'Judas' manuscript is being raised, as it was, one should also point out that except for a few fragments, the canonical manuscripts date no earlier than the fourth century. And while Judas is younger than most of the canonical NT, it may well be within the range of the later books.

I do agree news coverage has been superficial and somewhat tendentious, and that this m/s is nothing new to anyone familiar with the gnostic gospels and other works.

[MeanWestTexan]

See also post 61.

[MeanWestTexan]

A legitimate comparison.

Of course, this is from someone (me) that accepted the truth of gospels according to the Watergate principle.

[wideawake]

Judas is younger than most of the canonical NT, it may well be within the range of the later books.

That's a pipe dream.

Even your source admits that the Passion Narrative of the canonical Gospels dates from 30-60 AD and that narrative account gives the lie to this Judas text.

The very first mention of the Judas text is from 180 AD. That's a 100 year differential at best, if we assume that Irenaeus was not responding to a very current cult.