Late-second-century Gnostic writing; alleged account of Christ's life, used by members of a Gnostic sect known as the Cainites. Only one copy has been located, in which large portions are missing. According to Irenaeus, Gospel of Judas presented Judas Iscariot as the hero of the Jesus story. No early Christian writer considered this document to have any authority for believers or any place among the canonical Scriptures. See apostle; Gospels, canonical; Irenaeus of Lyons.