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Who knew that Judas’ betrayal was open to interpretation?

Judas. The name requires no further explanation: It stands for treachery and betrayal. But a National Geographic translation of the recently uncovered "Gospel of Judas" suggested that we might have been wrong about him all these years. Was he, after all, a hero whom Jesus actually asked to betray him? Not so, said Rice professor April DeConick in her book "The Thirteenth Apostle: What the Gospel of Judas Really Says." She contends that the "Gospel of Judas" is not about a "good" Judas or even a "poor old" Judas. Rather, it is a gospel parody about a "demon" Judas, written by a group of second-century Gnostic Christians. "The finding of this gospel has been called one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the past 60 years," DeConick said. "It's important that we get this right."