Introduction -- pt 1. Mysterious origins. -- Judas, fact or fiction? -- Alone of all his sex : Genesis in the Gospels --
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English Pages xxvi, 453 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color Year 2009
Table of contents :
Introduction --
pt 1. Mysterious origins. --
Judas, fact or fiction? --
Alone of all his sex : Genesis in the Gospels --
pt 2. 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.