The Gospel truth and nothing but the truth,not?

The gospel according to Archer
Ruth Gledhill
March 22, 2007
JESUS did not turn water into wine, nor did he calm the storm on the Sea of Galilee or walk on water, according to a "gospel" published with Vatican approval and co-written by Jeffrey Archer.
The Gospel According to Judas, introduced yesterday at a press conference chaired by the head of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, also denies that Judas accepted 30 pieces of silver to betray Jesus.
The book represents a remarkable rehabilitation for Britain's most celebrated politician-turned-convict.
Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare, a convicted perjurer, wrote the book with Francis Moloney, one of the Pope's top theological advisers.
Written and presented in the style of an original gospel, it is being regarded by senior Roman Catholics as a way of bringing the Christian message to a wider audience. Dr Moloney will give his royalties to charity, but Archer will keep his. In an interview in his penthouse flat in London, he said he needed to earn a living.
Dr Moloney and Archer said they did not include the three best-known "nature miracles", because they "never happened".
Nor did they include the most famous Judas story, in which he betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. The betrayal took place, they say, but Judas thought that he was acting as a double agent and was saving Jesus's life.
The idea that some miracles did not happen and were written to shore up messianic interpretations of the Hebrew Bible has been common in academic circles for decades.
Old habits die hard, however, and the partnership with Archer almost collapsed when he tried to inject unbelievable elements of fiction into the story of Jesus's life, death and resurrection. Dr Moloney agreed that Archer could invent a plausible ending to Judas's life, but drew the line at giving Judas a deathbed conversion to Christianity.
The Times