James Barrat And The Gospel Of Judas

I saw James Barrat, the producer of the recent National Geographic Channel program on the Gospel of Judas, on John Kasich's "Heartland" last Saturday on the FOX News Channel. A video clip of that segment is now available on the "Heartland" web site. (It's under the title "Jesus Asked for Betrayal?".) I recommend watching it. John Kasich didn't do well in responding to Barrat, nor did the other guest on the program, but Barrat's behavior gives us an indication of where the media, and National Geographic specifically, are coming from on this issue. Barrat claims that there's a scholarly consensus that none of the four gospels were written by the people they've traditionally been attributed to, and he suggests that the Gospel of Judas was a significant candidate for inclusion in the canon.