Ancient and modern agendas are evident in bid to rehabilitate Judas

ATTEMPTS to brush up the image of Judas Iscariot are not exactly big news.

Ancient and modern agendas are evident in bid to rehabilitate Judas
Wed, 12 Apr, 2006 - 01:00
Ronan Mullen

“I have no thought at all about my own reward. I really didn’t come here of my own accord.”

That’s a direct quote from Judas. It’s not from the sensational new Gospel of Judas, now on release, but from the 1973 musical Jesus Christ Superstar.

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