Review of "Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christiani" by Elaine Pagels, Karen L. King

Lost in the furor in the TV tabloids surrounding the DaVinci Code, the tomb of Jesus, the Shroud of Turin, etc. is the purported discovery of a gospel by Judas, presented by Pagels and King along with a discussion of the early history of the Church. As a former altar boy, I take most of these 'discoveries' with a very large grain of salt. They do tend to come in bunches, don't they. Still, this book has received some critical praise and I would certainly recommend that anyone interested in the early Church listen to this audiobook if only to see a fresh point of view on the teachings of Christ.