When the first translation of the long-lost Gospel of Judas was published last year amid considerable publicity, a few scholars trumpeted its apparent depiction of Judas Iscariot as a positive figure ...

Timing is everything. Jesus’ fatal confrontations with religious and political authorities in Jerusalem coincided with the crowds of pilgrims arriving for Passover. Almost 2,000 years later, attentive ...

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Today, given that evildoers are sometimes equally instructive as good folks, the professor begins a series of articles on the great villains of the Bible. This week: Judas Iscariot. Of all the ...

A newly authenticated and newly translated ancient document known as the "Gospel of Judas" tells the story of Judas, not as Jesus's betrayer, but as his favored disciple. Two religious experts discuss ...

We all want a Messiah whose plans mirror our own. But a true disciple surrenders to the Master’s will. We don't generally spend a lot of time talking about Judas, because he committed an unfathomable ...

Aleksey Shevchenkov plays Jesus' most devoted disciple in Andrey Bogatyrev's adaptation of Leonid Andreev’s "Judas Iscariot." By Elizabeth Kerr The story of Jesus and Judas is recounted in an ...