Snape=Judas?

[kkersey_austin]

No: HPFGUIDX 150676

Oh yes, the story about the Gospel of Judas has been repeating on NPR
news the last day or so, and I keep managing to tune in while it's on.
I can't help but think of JCM!Judas versus ESE!Judas, all you have to
do is substitute in Snape and Dumbledore's names to get a standard
HPfGU post, I swear. E.g. here's what one of the researchers says:

"...The context clearly implies that Judas only did what Jesus earlier
had instructed him to do. His actions are not a betrayal at all"

Of course there are differing opinions on whether or not this Gospel
of Judas is canon or fanfic. ;-) 

Here's a link to one of the NPR stories, you'll have to listen to it
to find the quote above as the web page does not have a transcript,
though it does have other material and links to the National
Geographic website. 

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5328143

Julie wrote, in part:
> Though, hopefully, unlike Judas, Snape's true motives will be 
> revealed and he won't be condemned to go down in history as the 
> most reviled wizard ever.

Oh dear, I have a horrid picture forming in my mind of JKR letting
out an evil cackle as she buries a sealed earthern jar - within which
is contained the *true* manuscript of book 7 - in the floor of some
nondescript cave in the Egyptian desert...

Elisabet