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To: JmyBryan
I doubt you are going to find many "pro-canonical" Biblical scholars who are going to be interested in participating with a TV special that hypes a work that contradicts the traditional Bible.

You would be able to find plenty.

The reason why they were not included was that they are not invited - because any Christian scholar would be able to blow holes in these heterodox arguments wide enough to drive a Mack truck through.

I'm not a scholar, although I have a far superior theological background to Pagels' and also am more knowledgeable about the source languages than she is. I would have loved to have been able to get a few zingers in, and I doubt that I am alone.

16 posted on 04/24/2006 1:59:32 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

I believe you miss my point. I'm saying that the point of the telecast is to promote or manufacture controversy where none exists, not to be a balanced or varied consideration of the theological implications of the document. I submit that few "orthodox" scholars would participate in a show that promotes this kind of hype.

IMHO few scholars, for or against traditional interpretation of the NT, find the Gospel of Judas all that revolutionary.


29 posted on 04/24/2006 3:16:45 PM PDT by JmyBryan
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