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Susan GubarPublication Details
Book1st edW.W. Norton2009Description
In this expansive cultural biography of Judas, prominent scholar Susan Gubar explores the meaning of Jesus- betrayer over twenty centuries.Who was Judas Iscariot and why did he betray Jesus? Yet, because of gaps and incongruities in his appearance in the Bible, artists throughout the ages have returned to this man, whose treacherous act inaugurates Jesus’ death and resurrection.In this comprehensive, interdisciplinary work, Susan Gubar explains that a Jewish Judas was deployed to differentiate Judaism from emergent Christianity and that he therefore reflects ambivalence about a composite Judeo-Christianity as well as changing attitudes toward the body, blood, and money; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS BROWSING (MAIN) BS2460.J8 G83 2009 DUE 01-03-10
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