The Gospel According to Judas
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Author | Jeffrey Archer and |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Publisher | Macmillan (UK) St. Martin's Press (US) |
Publication date | 30 March 2007 |
Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
Pages | 96 pp (Hardback edition) |
ISBN | 978-0-230-52901-4 |
OCLC | 80331785 |
The Gospel According to Judas is a 2007 novella by Jeffrey Archer and which presents the events of the New Testament through the eyes of Judas Iscariot.
Reception and significance[]
In her book The Historical Jesus and the Literary Imagination 1860–1920, Jennifer Stevens cites The Gospel According to Judas as a recent "low" in the history of representations of Jesus in fiction, contrasted with the recent "high" of Jim Crace's novel Quarantine.[1]
External links[]
- More4 News interview with Jeffery Archer the author of The Gospel According to Judas.
References[]
- ^ Stevens, Jennifer (2010). "Conclusion". The Historical Jesus and the Literary Imagination 1860–1920. Liverpool University Press. p. 288. ISBN 9781846314704. JSTOR j.ctt5vjbx8.13.
Categories:
- 2007 British novels
- Cultural depictions of Judas Iscariot
- Macmillan Publishers books
- British novellas
- 2000s historical novel stubs