'Gospel of Judas' Experts Review Scraps

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060421/ap_on_sc/gospel_of_judas

CLEVELAND - An Ohio antiques dealer claims to be holding fragments of papyrus from ancient Egypt, leading experts to try to determine if they are part of the recently released "Gospel of Judas."

Translators in Switzerland are studying photos of the fragments, which were displayed briefly on Wednesday. There also are questions about what the writing on the fragments says.

Art and antiquities dealer Bruce Ferrini, of Akron, says he bought the fragments in 1998 but hasn't given any details about the source.

The Basel, Switzerland-based Maecenas Foundation for Ancient Art, which also claims ownership of the fragments, said a number of the pieces clearly came from the volume of papyrus documents whose pages contained the gospel.

Mario Roberty, who leads the Maecenas Foundation, said it was unclear if any of the fragments corresponded specifically to the "Judas" text or could be other material that was also found in the ancient leather-bound volume.

[BayCityProgressive]

1. Cool

It would be nice if they could fill in some of the blanks!