The Gospel of Judas
¥Mentioned by the early church father Irenaeus (~180), but the text lost for centuries.
¥Recently recovered in a Gnostic booklet dating to ~300.
¥The media and National Geographic gave it a great deal of hype in 2006.
¥Opens with statement: Òthe secret account of the revelation that Jesus spoke in conversation with Judas IscariotÉÓ