judas iscariot

Feb 10, 2021

Judas Iscariot, betrayer or faithful? # Inveterate mindsets are sometimes so ingrained, nothing can disturb them. Once an historical person has been successfully slandered, it is almost impossible to redeem their reputation or rightful status. Perhaps the most demonised is Judas, deemed to have betrayed Christ. Learned, conscientious scholars have a disobliging view basing conclusions on a closer reading of evidence. A recent documentary on the last week of Jesus in Jerusalem, by Hugh Bonneville, shows a number of scholars talking about Judas who appeared to fully accept that Judas is no longer the villain he has been portrayed over the past two centuries. ...