My Name Was Judas

Name: My Name Was Judas
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ISBN: 9780099501381

ISBN-10: 0099501384

ISBN-13: 9780099501381

Edition: 2007

Authors: C. K. Stead

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The story of Jesus as told by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John is well known, but what about the version according to Judas? His name became synonymous with betrayer, but is that how he saw it himself? In this witty, original, and teasingly controversial novel, Judas finally tells the story as he remembers it. Looking back on his childhood and youth from an old age the gospel writers denied him, Judas recalls his friendship with Jesus, their schooling together, their families, the people who would go on to be disciples and followers, their journeys together, and their dealings with the powers of Rome and the Temple. His is a story of friendship and rivalry, of a time of uncertainty and…

Book details

List price: $13.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publication date: 4/28/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.31" wide x 7.91" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English

Carl Stead is a critic, editor, poet, novelist, and educator. He is from New Zealand. Stead was a professor of English at Auckland University and served on the New Zealand Literary Fund Advisory Committee. He was given a third place Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award in 1972 for Smith's Dream. He won a New Zealand Book Award in Poetry in 1976 for Quesada and a New Zealand Book Award in Fiction for The Singing Whakapapa in 1995. Stead is the only person to have won the New Zealand Book Award for both poetry and fiction.