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« Reply #1 on Oct 1, 2005, 4:19pm » | |
The Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad: The Lost Legacy of Ancient Mesopotamia, edited by Milbry Polk and Angela M.H Schuster, is published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det....375015?v=glance
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« Reply #4 on Jun 19, 2006, 3:44pm » | |
Yes, Noam is aging I guess and he must feel frustrated at where it has all ended up - not his political cup of tea the early 21st century.
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« Reply #5 on Jan 7, 2007, 7:24pm » | |
Archer pens gospel of Judas
British novelist Jeffrey Archer and an eminent Australian biblical scholar have written the gospel according to Judas Iscariot, in a bid to throw new light on Christendom's most reviled betrayer.
Archer, who is renowned for penning a string of best-selling thrillers, argues Judas never hanged himself and was motivated not by money but disillusionment over Jesus' refusal to throw the Romans out of the Jewish homeland.
"It is a gospel, not a short story and not a novel. It is 22,000 words in length," Archer said.
"We don't have him dying, which is a crucial part of the story," he said of Judas.
Archer says he does not believe Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver and then hanged himself in shame.
"Unquestionably, he wanted the Messiah to ride into Jerusalem in front of a triumphant army and defeat the Romans," he said.
"But that was never Christ's purpose, as he kept telling his disciples.
"When he arrives on a donkey, that for Judas is the proof that he isn't the Messiah."
The Gospel According to Judas is penned in the hand of his son, Benjamin Iscariot, with the authors using Christianity's core, canonical texts as their point of reference.
Archer says 80 per cent of the writing is his and 80 per cent of the scholarship came from Australian academic Professor Francis Moloney.
'Controversy'
The British author is bracing for protest when the gospel is published in March.
"When it comes to controversy, what will be fascinating is the United States," he said.
"This is going to cause an amazing amount of debate."
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu recorded an audio version of the book.
"It sounds just like the kind of thing someone's son would do to try and rehabilitate their father's name," Archbishop Tutu said.
Second Judas gospel
Archer and Professor Moloney's text is the second Judas gospel to hit the headlines in the past year.
In April, a 1,700-year-old copy of the Gospel of Judas was unveiled in Washington.
It said Judas acted on Jesus' request in turning him over to the authorities because he was the only disciple in Jesus' inner circle who understood his desire to shed his earthly body.
It is not known who wrote that gospel.
The copy unveiled was of a document mentioned critically in the year 180 in a treatise called Against Heresies, written by Irenaeus, who was Bishop of Lyon in what was then Roman Gaul.
It spoke out against those whose views about Jesus differed from those of the mainstream Christian church.
Archer is renowned as much for his own colourful life as he is for fast-paced thrillers like Honour Among Thieves and First Among Equals, which are a staple diet of airport bookshops.
A millionaire who has sold 125 million copies of his books, Archer was jailed for perjury and perverting the course of justice in 2001 after lying in a libel trial against a newspaper that said he had sex with a prostitute.
The case destroyed the political career of the author, who was once deputy chairman of the opposition Conservative party.
Archer was released in 2003 and resumed writing.
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« Reply #6 on Jan 8, 2007, 1:26am » | |
I remember when that first Judas gospel was revealed last year. This one sounds fascinating, too.
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« Reply #8 on May 6, 2007, 10:56pm » | |
I don't know if I'll be buying this one. In any case, the most brutal review I've ever seen (worth a look for that fact):
[url]http://www.slate.com/id/2165269/pagenum/all/#page_start[/url]
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« Reply #9 on May 8, 2007, 4:04am » | |
Hitchens was probably p*ssed or cranky - maybe both.
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« Reply #10 on May 8, 2007, 10:00am » | |
I think he's always pissed and cranky. I expect he's particularly cranky now with the Iraq war turning so very pear shaped, so very quickly. Although the whole doctored dossier thing shouldn't bug him too much, as WMD was never his thing anyway. Maybe he's just upset about this loose end allowing the whole sweater to be unravelled.
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« Reply #11 on May 8, 2007, 2:52pm » | |
Writing as if you are always right is probably far more debilitating than drinking.
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