The Gospel of Judas book club questions
by Anonymous · a kit for three meetings · 15 questions · printable
Fifteen discussion questions for The Gospel of Judas, grouped by three stretches of the book of about the same length, with a reading plan, themes to talk about and a sheet you can print. Two good openers: is facing Jesus a fair basis for receiving private teaching? And when Jesus challenges the prayer over bread, what might make his challenge helpful or hurtful?
The reading plan
Meeting 1
Chapters 1 to 3
About 5 min to read, 8 min to listen
Meeting 2
Chapter 4
About 3 min to read, 4 min to listen
Meeting 3
Chapters 5 to 6
About 6 min to read, 9 min to listen
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Meeting 1: Chapters 1 to 3
- When Jesus challenges the prayer over bread, what might make his challenge helpful or hurtful?
- Is facing Jesus a fair basis for receiving private teaching?
- How does Judas Iscariot standing apart affect your expectations of him?
- What different feelings might explain the disciples' silence after Jesus answers them?
- How might describing a generation beyond reach shape the disciples' understanding of belonging?
Meeting 2: Chapter 4
- Does receiving private teaching make exclusion from the holy seem less fair, or are teaching and belonging separate matters?
- What feelings does the vast house suggest to you, and how do they shape your reading of belonging?
- How might a vision of persecution change what someone wants from belonging?
- How does linking belonging with rule change the questions you would ask about the holy?
- Would troubling answers about belonging make you seek more understanding or question the value of acceptance?
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Meeting 3: Chapters 5 to 6
- What might Judas hope to gain by asking about human spirits?
- How does placing heavenly origins beside mortal limits affect your sense of human importance?
- Do predictions of error and destruction leave room for hope, or make hope harder to defend?
- What effect does the shift from a luminous vision to an arrest plot have on your reading?
- How much weight should payment carry when judging Judas' motives for betraying Jesus?
Themes to talk about
Tips for the host
- Open each meeting with one question everyone can answer, then go deeper.
- Anyone who fell behind can catch up with the 15-minute summary.
- Busy readers can listen on a walk or a commute: the audiobook comes with it.
Free for 3 months
Read and hear the whole of The Gospel of Judas, free
- 200,000+ classics as eBooks, audiobooks and 15-minute summaries, and print and large print at cost
- Up to 5 readers in your home on one plan
Five accounts for the price of one: the book to read and hear, and printed copies, large print included, at cost.
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