Judas: A Biography - Brossura

Gubar, Susan

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ISBN 10: 0393349667 ISBN 13: 9780393349665

Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company, 2010

Riassunto

Who was Judas Iscariot and why did he betray Jesus? Despite the recent recovery of a Gnostic Gospel bearing his name, the centrality of Judas has gone largely ignored. Yet, because of gaps and incongruities in biblical accounts about him, artists throughout the ages have returned to the twelfth apostle, who inaugurates Jesus' death and resurrection. In this comprehensive, probing book, Susan Gubar explains how Judas came to stand for the Jewish people and how he personifies a composite Judeo-Christianity that illuminates ambivalent relationships between Christians and Jews as well as changing attitudes toward the body, blood, and money; greed and hypocrisy; suicide and repentance; homosexuality and divinity. Over twenty centuries, a figure of disgrace turns into a dignitary. Gubar shows how Jesus' most notorious disciple-known for a kiss-has provoked profound reflections on the problem of evil that still resonate today.

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L'autore

Susan Gubar is the coauthor of The Madwoman in the Attic, a foundational work of feminist criticism, and the coeditor of The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Product Description

In this expansive cultural biography of Judas, a prominent scholar explores the meaning of Jesus' betrayer over 20 centuries. Gubar shows how Jesus' most notorious disciple has provoked profound reflections on the problem of evil that still resonate today. 48 illustrations.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: W. W. Norton & Company
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0393349667
• ISBN 13: 9780393349665
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 492