In Jesus, Judas believes he has found the One-- the promised Messiah and future king of the Jews, destined to overthrow Roman rule. Galvanized, he joins the Nazarene's followers, ready to enact the change he has waited for all his life. But soon Judas's vision of a nation free from Rome is crushed by the inexplicable actions of the Nazarene himself, who will not bow to social or religious convention. Judas must confront the fact that the master he loves is not the liberator he hoped for, but a man bent on a drastically different agenda.

Reverend Ryan Quinn is CEO of an ecclesiology research organization. With a team of Egyptologists recruited from New York museums, he embarks on a vaguely defined mission funded liberally by the Vatican, but also by a mysterious family. The narrative takes us to New York, France, Italy, Egypt, and New Mexico. The investigative team visits the Oasis of Fayoum, the Coptic caves of Naqlun, and the catacombs of Khnum Pharaoh Akhenaton's City of the Dead. There are twists along the way, a dead priest's notes to be deciphered, bizarre, ritual executions, and a startling conclusion that will disturb many.

The biblical scholar recounts the events surrounding the discovery and handling of the Gospel of Judas, and provides an overview of its content, in which Judas is portrayed as a faithful disciple.

Set in a time-bending, seriocomically imagined world between Heaven and Hell, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a philosophical meditation on the conflict between divine mercy and human free will that takes a close look at the eternal damnation of the Bible's most notorious sinner.--[book cover].

When Carson, a young girl living with cancer, is bestowed with age-old magic by a rebellious sorcerer named Iscariot, she must navigate her new powers, face the life she had thought she left behind forever, and take on the order of magicians who want to control her destiny. Carson discovers that Iscariot's intentions might not have been as altruistic as it first appeared, and learns the hard way that magic comes at a cost.

The Iscariot is a novel about Judas Iscariot and his effort at regaining life. When he is successful and coming of age he faces the challenge of fi nding a priest of the Roman Catholic faith who must offer him absolution for his betrayal of Christ if he is to live past the age of 29. 29 is the age at which he supposedly took his own life. So begins the seduction of Beth Lyles and the released anger of Judas upon the woman Heather Cox. When a young girl she betrayed him by having an abortion and fl eeing an old ranch house. She and 4 other vagrant youths have been living in the abandoned home. She is currently a televangelist with a vast TV audience out of Dallas, Texas. The unsuspecting women must either bathe or drink from a water source Judas has died in and into which his blood has run. Through the centuries he has been able, on several occasions to gain a rebirth, but has not been able to fi nd a priest who will give him absolution for his betrayal of Christ. Will he be able to fi nd such a priest in Bodega Bay, California?

The name Judas Iscariot usually provokes a negative response as the disciple who betrayed his Lord to death. It is difficult to think of another person, dead for so long, who is so closely associated with betrayal. In recent times, some commentators have urged a rethink on Judas, arguing that he has been unfairly treated. This book will show that the traditional picture of Judas as a traitor best fits the biblical evidence. It also establishes two other points. Firstly, although Judas was a human being, he had the literary features of an idol. Secondly, the earliest gospel, Mark, clearly establishes his guilt and Matthew and Luke show how uniquely guilty Judas was.