Justin Thacker comments on Jeffrey Archer's latest novel
20 March 2007
On March 20th at a press conference in Rome, Jeffrey Archer revealed his latest offering to the literary world. The Gospel According to Judas is, insists Archer, not a novel, but a gospel. But is it good news for the evangelical world?
“It is certainly an interesting piece of work” says Dr Justin Thacker, the Alliance Head of Theology.
“It’s important to stress that the book has only the loosest of connections to the second century Gnostic ‘Gospel of Judas’. In contrast to that text, much of this work is an entirely faithful rendition of the Biblical account. It does though, in places, reflect certain strands of liberal New Testament scholarship, not least in its denial of Judas’ betrayal and subsequent suicide.“
The book tries to rehabilitate our view of Judas; whether it will do the same for the author is another question.
Read the full review by Dr Justin Thacker
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Evangelical Alliance
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Notes to editors:
The Evangelical Alliance UK, formed in 1846, is an umbrella group representing over one million evangelical Christians in the UK and is made up of member churches, organisations and individuals. As part of a movement ‘uniting to change society’, the Alliance promotes unity and truth, acts as an evangelical voice to the state, society and the wider Church, and provides resources to help members and other evangelicals live out their faith in their communities.
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