Betrayal: Judas
In this episode, Em and Caz take a closer look at what the Bible says about Judas – a biblical character whose name has become synonymous with betrayal. They explore some of the things that are left unclear about Judas in the biblical texts, especially his motivations for betraying Jesus and the significance of his response to Jesus’s arrest. Along the way, they explore the themes of betrayal and remorse that are central to Judas’s character, and consider how these also play out in real-life cases of crime and criminality.
Show notes
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Resources for this episode
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Bart Ehrman, The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed. Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Catherine Sider Hamilton, “The death of Judas in Matthew: Matthew 27:9 Reconsidered.” Journal of Biblical Literature 137, no. 2 (2018), pp. 419–437.
M. Eve Hanan, “Remorse bias.” Missouri Law Review 83, no. 2, art. 6 (2018), 302–57.
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