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Judas: a biography

By Gubar , Susan;Judas Iscariot.

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Year
2009
ISBN
9780393071443, 0393071448
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
506 kB (517958 bytes)
Edition
First edition
Pages
xxvi, 453 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : i
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Christianity and antisemitism;Criticismetc;Bible;Judas (Iskariot)etc.;Biography;Judas Iscariot;Bible -- Criticisminterpretation

Description

Introduction -- pt 1. Mysterious origins. -- Judas, fact or fiction? -- Alone of all his sex : Genesis in the Gospels -- pt 2. Evolving incarnations. -- Damned miscegenation : a fiendish adolescence from antiquity on -- Arresting kisses : coming of age, especially during the Renaissance -- In a modern glass darkly : the issue of sacrifice -- Twentieth-century deaths and resurrections : what would Judas do? -- Jesus, according to Judas's bad news : he who is praised.;An account of the story of the New Testament's arch-villain and his history over the past 2000 years in which Gubar links Christian anti-Semitism with Christianity's attempt to grapple with transcendent evil. Introduction -- pt 1. Mysterious origins. -- Judas, fact or fiction? -- Alone of all his sex : Genesis in the Gospels -- pt 2. Evolving incarnations. -- Damned miscegenation : a fiendish adolescence from antiquity on -- Arresting kisses : coming of age, especially during the Renaissance -- In a modern glass darkly : the issue of sacrifice -- Twentieth-century deaths and resurrections : what would Judas do? -- Jesus, according to Judas's bad news : he who is praised.

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