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Show Friday, April 7.2006 A4 Judas Continued from Al rv . The text, one of several ancient documents found in the Egyptian desert in 1970, was preserved and translated by a team of scholars. It was made public in an English translation by the National Geographic . Society. Religious and lay readers alike will debate the meaning and truth of the manuscript. But it does show the diversity of beliefs in early Christianity, Holy Grail." Both books explore theories that Jesus married Mary Magdalene, the couple had a child and the bloodline survives. Most historians and theologians scoff at such ideas, but Brown's fast paced mix of murder, -- and mysticism, art history has won millions of fans., "The Da Vinci Code" has sold more than 40 million copies code-breakin- g million hardcovincluding since ers in the United States it was released in March 2003. It came out in paperback in the United States last week, and quickly sold more than 500,000 copies, an astonishing pace for, 12 i " . Associated Press GARCIA MANNIE artifacts of the Gospel of Judas is shown at the National Geographic Society in Washington on Thursday. The exhibit contains actual artifacts of the Gospel of Judas on display and will open to the public today. An exhibit containing actual versity of North Carolina. Eventually, one point of view prevailed and the others were declared heresy, he said, including the Gnostics who believed that salvation depended on secret knowledge that Jesus imparted, particularly to Judas. In Cairo, the editor of the Coptic weekly "Watani," Youssef Sidhom, did not want to make an immediate judgment on the manuscript. , "However," he said, this will not greatly affect the central belief that considers Judas as a traitor, but there is an old school Scotia. Canada, said New Testament explanations for Judas' betrayal range from money to the influence of Satan. "Perhaps more now can be said." he commented. The document "implies that Judas only did what Jesus wanted him to do". Christianity in the ancient world was much more diverse than it is now. with a number of gospels circulating in addition to the four that were finally collected into the New Testament, noted Bart Ehrman. chairman of religious studies at the Uni . Continued from Al Mf " said Marvin Meyer, professor of Bible st udies at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. The text, in the Coptic language, was dated to about the year 300 and is a copy of an earlier Greek version. A "Gospel of Judas" was first mentioned around A.D. 180 by Bishop Irenaeus of Lyon, in what is now France. The bishop denounced the manuscript as heresy because it differed from mainstream Christianity. The actual text had been thought lost until this discovery. Elaine Pagels. a professor of religion at Princeton University, said. "The people who loved, circulated and wrote down these gospels did not think they were heretics." Added Rev. Donald Senior, president of the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago: "Let a vigorous debate on the significance of this fascinating ancient text begin." Senior expressed doubt the new gospel will rival the New Testament, but he allowed that opinions are likely to van'. Craig Evans, a professor at Acadia Divinity College in Nova Da Vinci t ; I of thought that says one should not persecute Judas because his role was to complete the prophecies. It seems that the new manuscript will support this that Judas 's role point of view was pivotal to completing the prophecies." The newly translated document's text begins: "The secret account of the revelation that Jesus spoke in conversation with Judas Iscariot." In a key passage Jesus tells Judas, "You will exceed all of them. For you will sacrifice the man that clothes me." ; A win by the plaintiffs also " could hold up the scheduled 19 Da film of release "The May Vinci Code" movie, starring Tom Hanks. Sony Pictures says it plans to release the film as a paperback release- An initial print run of 5 million has already been raised to 6 million. A victory by Baigent and Leigh would stun the world of copyright law, challenging the concept that copyright protects the expression of an idea rather than the idea itself. "A victory for Leigh and Baigent would make it very difficult for novelists, particularly historical novelists." said Fiona Crawley, a copyright expert with law firm Bryan Cave LLP. "They go to source books to research the history to incorporate into their novel. It would call into question how they can research a historical novel without being accused of copyright infringement by the historian who has written the key work on that incident in history." scheduled. If Leigh and Baigent lose, they could have to pay costs that legal experts estimate will top S 1.75 million. The case drew a packed crowd of journalists, Dan Brown fans and theological revisionists to London's High Court last month. Judge Smith retained an air of bluff good humor during sometimes esoteric hearings that touched on the Roman Emperor Const ant ine's deathbed conversion to Christianity, the founding of medieval warrior order the Knights Templar, the ': Merovingian dynasty allegedly descended from Jesus and the ofperfidy of a seventh-centurficial named Pepin the Fat. Brown travThe publicity-sh- y eled from New Hampshire to give evidence on behalf of his publisher, and spent three days on the stand. Brown acknowledged that he and his researcher-wife- . while Blythe, read "Holy Blood" t said researching "Da Vinci."-buthey also used 38 other books and hundreds of documents, and that the British authors' book was not crucial to their work. Baigent and Leigh claim Brown's novel contains the same central themes as their book. But under Baigent conceded that it had been an exaggeration to y neo-Goth- ' Call ' Snow This indicates that Judas would help liberate the spiritual self by helping Jesus get rid of his physical flesh, the scholars said. "Step away from the others and I shall tell you the mysteries of the kingdom," Jesus says to Judas, singling him out for special status. "Look, you have been told everything. Lift up your eyes and look at the cloud and the light within it and the stars surrounding it. The star that leads the way is your star." The text ends with Judas turning Jesus over to the high priests and does not include any mention of the crucifixion or resurrection. National Geographic said the author believed that Judas Iscariot alone understood the true significance of Jesus's teachings. The author of the text is not named in the' " writings. Discovered in 1970, the papyrus was kept in a safety deposit box for several years and began to deteriorate before conservators restored it. More than 1,000 pieces had to be reassembled. The material will be donated to the Coptic museum in Cairo. Egypt, so it can be available to all scholars said Ted Waitt of the Waitt Institute for Historical Discovery, which helped finance the restoration. In addition to radio carbon dating, the manuscript also was authenticated through ink analysis, multispectral imaging, content and linguistic style, and handwriting style. National Geographic reported. Continued from Al i e, U Feb. 25-2- There is good news, he said. "It looks liKe tne coming weekend will be totally dry with high temperatures in the 60s." James said. "The dry weather won't last, as there will be a rainstorm moving in . on Monday ." Apricots trees, which had just come into bloom as the storm hit on Wednesday and Thursday, were the most vulnerable to freezing, but early reports indicated most had come.though the storm unscathed, Hint on said. ... 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Those with only a few trees can cover them with sheets or blankets if frost is predicated in coming weeks, and even leave a light bulb on below t he blanket through say that Brown used "all the ' same historical conjecture" as. their book. ' Random House lawyer John Baldwin said that while many of the incidents in "The Da Vinci Code" had been described before, "no one has put them , together, and developed and expressed them, in the way Mr. Brown did. That is why he has a best seller." Thanks to the case, so do Baigent and Leigh. Their the night. The hours of 6 a.m. are generally the coldest, he said. The rainy, cold weather is 4-- ..''' perfect for sprouting peas, lettuce, spinach, cabbage and broccoli. Hinton said. "Those should be out in the garden ngm now oecause they can stand this cold wpathpr " hp caiH "Tt wrnilrL be great to have this moisture book is selling 7.000 copies a week in Britain, compared to a few hundred before the case began, according to The Bookseller. 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