Judas Redux

The Gospel of Judas - said to be one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of modern times - is about to be published amid explosive controversy, Britain's The Mail on Sunday newspaper revealed yesterday.

Scholars have translated 26 pages of a crumbling ancient text that purports to tell the story of Jesus's last days from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, a man reviled for almost 2000 years.

Sensationally, the manuscript portrays him not as a villain but as a hero and Christ's favoured disciple.

It claims to repeat conversations between the two men and shows that in betraying Christ, Judas was fulfilling a divine mission.

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Gosh, this makes Judas perfect fodder for an Oliver Stone-like director that likes to blur moral lines as much as possible. Present a conflicted Judas, yet one with a divine purpose. Heck, they could even make Our Savior look a little bit like a bad guy ("He set up Judas for a fall"). It's perfect for another piece of Hollywood moral relativism.