Biblical scholar explains ‘lost gospels’

Friday, April 6, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT; updated 11:03 p.m. CDT, Saturday, July 19, 2008

Elaine Pagels, a prominent Biblical scholar, spoke to a crowd of more than 150 people in MU’s Reynold’s Alumni Center on Thursday night. She discussed her latest book, “Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity,” and explained how the Bible’s bad guy brought the good news.

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