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Religion scholars Elaine Pagels and Karen King’s new book, Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas [pictured, circa 1973 A.D.]
, interprets and translates the recently discovered gnostic gospel of Judas. Pagels’ previous books include, Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas and The Gnostic Gospels. King’s previous book is The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle.
RADIO TIMES with MARTY MOSS-COANE
Hour 1 On March 3, after a series of public meetings and forums organized by Penn Praxis, 500 people attended a conference where a group of leading architects presented their concepts for the design of Philadelphia’s central waterfront. GARY HACK, dean of Penn’s School of Design, and HARRIS STEINBERG, executive director of Penn Praxis, joined us to explain some of the more interesting ideas proposed.
Hour 2 Did the White House fire eight U.S. attorneys for political reasons? We’ll find out the latest with RICHARD WOLFFE, Newsweek’s Senior White House Correspondent who has been following this story and for the political fallout in Congress we talk with BENNETT ROTH is the Washington correspondent for the Houston Chronicle.