Judas and Jesus: Two Faces of a Single Revelation LeLoup Jean-YvesPaperback
Judas and Jesus: Two Faces of a Single Revelation LeLoup Jean-YvesPaperback A radical reinterpretation of the relationship of Judas and JesusReexamines the role and the purpose the key figure of…
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Judas and Jesus: Two Faces of a Single Revelation LeLoup Jean-YvesPaperback
A radical reinterpretation of the relationship of Judas and JesusReexamines the role and the purpose the key figure of Judas played in the crucifixion storyReveals how Judas was "betrayed" by Jesus, and how, taken to the limits of his humanity, he lost everything he most cherished on the path to his true selfThe familiar story of Judas, betrayer of Jesus, is striking because of its incomprehensibility. Jean-Yves Leloup's careful investigation of the gospels, various apocryphal texts, and most importantly the Coptic codex known as the Gospel of Judas, leads him to conclude that there is more to the familiar story of Judas than a simple demonstration, viewed through one man, of humanity's inherent Why would one of Christ's disciples and companions of the heart deliver him up to his enemies and a barbarous, ignominious, and certain death for thirty pieces of silver?