The Gospel of Judas: The Buried Codex That Says Creation Was a MISTAKE? History for Sleep

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What if the greatest “betrayal” in Christian history was never a
betrayal at all?





In this Sleepy Time Mystery episode, drift off as we explore the
Gospel of Judas, a lost Coptic codex that portrays Judas Iscariot
not as traitor, but as Jesus’s most trusted disciple. Follow the
manuscript’s strange journey from a cave in the Egyptian desert,
to the black market, to painstaking scientific restoration.





We’ll gently unpack the eerie world of Gnosticism: a flawed
creator god (the Demiurge), a material world seen as a mistake,
and a hidden, higher divine realm where the true God resides. Was
creation itself an error? And what “secret revelation” did Jesus
give only to Judas?





Along the way, you’ll hear how this forbidden gospel clashed with
early Church Fathers, why it was suppressed, and how modern
scholars still argue over its translation and meaning. Perfect
for history lovers, Bible nerds, and anyone curious about early
Christian mysteries and apocryphal gospels.





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Time Mystery and let the next secret gospel find you in your
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Sources:


- The Gospel of Judas (Critical Edition). Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin
Meyer, Gregor Wurst (eds.)


- The Gospel of Judas: A New Translation with Introduction and
Notes. Marvin Meyer


- The Thirteenth Apostle: What the Gospel of Judas Really Says.
April D. DeConick


- Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses)


- The Gnostic Scriptures. Bentley Layton (ed.)


- The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation
of Sacred Gnostic Texts Complete in One Volume. James M. Robinson
(ed.)





00:00 The Gospel That Rewrites Betrayal


04:15 A Cave in the Egyptian Desert


11:48 From Sand to Black Market


20:11 Saving a Crumbling Manuscript


28:02 Announcing a Lost Gospel to the World


35:22 Understanding Gnosticism


44:22 A World of Many Gospels


52:42 Inside the Text: Structure and Voice


1:00:36 Judas Reimagined


1:09:55 The Secret Revelation to Judas


1:19:32 Was Creation a Mistake?


1:28:47 The True Divine Realm


1:37:19 Freeing the Divine Spark


1:44:12 The Church Fathers Strike Back


1:53:28 Modern Debates and Disputed Translations


2:02:49 Echoes in Other Forgotten Gospels


2:09:50 What the Buried Codex Leaves Us





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