I, Judas (Signet) [Paperback]

Taylor Caldwell (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 338 pages
• Publisher: Signet Books (August 1, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451132955
• ISBN-13: 978-0451132956
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,061,625 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good idea., November 26, 2000

By 

Guillermo Maynez (Mexico, Distrito Federal Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Judas (Audio Cassette)

The idea of telling the world most famous story from the point of view of the most hated character in history is brave and good. Judas, the man Dante put in the last and most hideous circle of hell -that destined for the worst traitors- is here just a man, but not a mediocre man. By the time when Jesus was already preaching, Israel was in political turmoil (hasn't it always been?). Several political factions were conspiring against Roman rule. Of them, the zealots were one of the most radical.

Judas, apparently, was a member of this group and, simplifying Caldwell's plot, seems to have sincerely taken Jesus as the future King of Israel. This he would accomplish by political and revolutionary action. As Jesus refuses to take real action to depose the Romans, Judas gets disappointed and finally betrays the man he thought would lead them to victory, but instead kept on saying strange things, uncomprehensible for a man of action like Judas. I think no one can take away from Caldwell (a writer I don't really like) the merit of having written the story from Judas's point of view, in a reasonable and plausible plot. Just for that, it is worth reading it.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual, yet plausible, view of the life and death of Jesus, June 25, 1999

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[e-mail] (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I, Judas (Signet) (Paperback)

The story of Jesus as seen through the eyes of his disciple Judas Iscariot. Heavy emphasis on the politics surrounding the minestry, betrayal and death of Jesus Christ. The well intentioned Judas is, himself, betrayed because of his very human nature.

22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Drama, about the Greatest Story Ever Told, February 12, 2000

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Adam Fitzgerald (Boston, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I, Judas (Hardcover)

Anyone who enjoys reading, fascinated with Christianity, or simply is Christian themself will take pleasure from this detailed, descriptive, accurate depiction of the Life and Death of Jesus Christ. While the termonology might take you off guard at first, and while I agree an previous understanding of the segmentation of Judea and the way in which it was positioned under Roman rule during the life of Christ can help, there is no requirement to take an apprecation from "I, Judas." Personally, at a time in my life when the world did not make much self, this book was one of the first things to interest me in the Person of Jesus Christ, and since then I have become a deep and committed Christian, and a future priests. The authors are in my deepest thanks and gratitude.