| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxvi, 453 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [405]-429) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Judas Iscariot.
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| ISBN |
9780393064834 hardcover |
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0393064832 hardcover |
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