Judas : a biography / Susan Gubar.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxvi, 453 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393064834 (hardcover)
  • 0393064832 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS 2460 .J8 G83 2009
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: Mysterious origins -- Judas, fact or fiction? -- Alone of all his sex : Genesis in the Gospels -- Part II: 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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-429) and index.

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 -- Part I: Mysterious origins -- Judas, fact or fiction? -- Alone of all his sex : Genesis in the Gospels -- Part II: 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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