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My Name Was Judas - C.K. Stead


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My Name Was Judas - C.K. Stead

 
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Newest Review: ... coastal village of Sidon, married to a Greek and fathering Greek children. Having lived to the age of seventy and with his ... more

 ... memory stimulated by the combination of the news of razing of Jerusalem after the fall of a Jewish uprising and a visit from a travelling evangelist Judas (or Idas) is recalling the seminal events of forty years ago and earlier. From their childhood and youth together in Nazareth to the three year period of Jesus' preaching that ended on Calvary, Judas remembers Jesus vividly and presents a convincing picture of a brilliant mind with an extraordinary talent for the Word and a truly charismatic ability to inspire loya...more

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Crowned Review My Name Was Judas - C.K. Stead: The Gospel According to Judas (1260 words)
by - written on 24/02/07 (Very useful, 324 readings)
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I like retellings. There is something intensely satisfying in having another version of an old, known story presented. It must be an echo of the times when each story was retold every time as there was no writing - but of course the modern retelling is usually one with a twist, often subversive, ironic and frequently iconoclastic. Retellings are post-modern by definition, playing with old texts, turning them around, putting them in front of mirrors so they reflect themselves and their interpretations in a never-ending sequence. But retellings are also old, as old as story itself, in their search for the final version, the ultimate, the truth. Retellings are ...  Read the complete review

 

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