I, Judas

New York: Atheneum, 1977. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. Christensen, David M. 4th printing. Very good in good jacket. Tears and minor loss to top jacket corners, minor sticker remnant on back corner. 1977 Hard Cover. ix, 371 pp. One of the great dramas of the biblical era is brought to thrilling new life in this epic novel told from the unique perspective of Judas Iscariot himself. This is the story of Judas the myth, condemned by Dante to the most terrifying circle of Hell; Judas the man, the son of wealth and power who fought to suppress the lusts of the flesh and the sin of pride to become one of the twelve original disciples of Jesus Christ; and Judas the apostle, victim of a diabolical lie, history's arch traitor, who sold his Lord for thirty pieces of silver, and sealed his fate with a kiss. From Judas's years as the young rebel of an affluent family undone by his own idealism to his victimization by Pontius Pilate to the crucifixion and Christ's resurrection, I, Judas "read[s] like a modern novel of intrigue and thrills" (Chattanooga Times). The final entry, following Dear and Glorious Physician and Great Lion of God, in a trilogy celebrating key historical figures of the Bible, it is one of the most powerful and revelatory works of religious fiction ever published. Includes: Judas; The Temple; The Baptist; Jesus; The Zealots; The Miracle Worker; The Virgin Mother; The Disciples; Coming Events...; Mary of Magdala; The Die Is Cast; The Man Who Wouldn't Be King; The Dead Live; The Plot; Pilate; The Supper; The Confrontation; The Crossing; Epilogue. "Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell (September 7, 1900 - August 30, 1985) was an Anglo-American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction, also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and Max Reiner, and by her married name of J. Miriam Reback. In her fiction, she often used real historical events or persons. Taylor Caldwell's best-known works include Dynasty of Death, Dear and Glorious Physician (about Saint Luke), and Captains and the Kings. Her last major novel, Answer as a Man, appeared in 1980.