Judas, An Imaginary Character We Have All Met

Published: April 2, 2023, 11 a.m.

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This is Palm Sunday so I am going to take my speaking time this week to demythologize the gospel narrative a bit. Judas was not a historical character. Mark created a literary fiction and named him Judas, which is spelled "Judah" in Greek, and means "Jew." Judas represented the faith community, nation, and family of Jesus. Mark set\'s the execution in a passion narrative in which Jesus is betrayed by his family, his faith community, his friends, his nation . . . and haven\'t we all been there? The passion narrative is not a historical piece about what happened way back when but it is an "everyman" story about surviving betrayal

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