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==Purported discovery and subsequent publicizing==
==Purported discovery and subsequent publicizing==
In the 1970s, a supposed Coptic translation of the Gospel of Judas was found in [[Egypt]]. In '78, an antiquities dealer acquired the codex (including the gospel), which was placed in a safe-deposit box in [[New York]] due to failed attempts of selling it until 2000, when the Maecenas Foundation for Ancient Art purchased the document.<ref name=britannica/>
In the 1970s, a supposed Coptic translation of the Gospel of Judas was found in [[Egypt]]. In '78, an antiquities dealer acquired the codex (including the gospel), which was placed in a safe-deposit box in [[New York]] due to failed attempts of selling it until 2000, when the Maecenas Foundation for Ancient Art purchased the document.<ref name=britannica/>
===Different text from Irenaeus's denounced gospel?===
Some observers have argued that the copy of the Gospel of Judas discovered in Egypt during the 1970s is different from the descriptions put forth by Irenaeus of Lyon, leading to the belief that the modern-day copy is different from the one Irenaeus denounced.{{fact}}
==References==
==References==