Judas: traitor or scapegoat

Judas Iscariot's name has become synonymous with treachery, ever since he betrayed Christ with a kiss in the Garden of Gethsemane.

With rare exceptions, his actions have seen him condemned by Christians throughout the ages.

But in the past few decades, a series of reinterpretations and archaeological discoveries have cast a new light on this controversial biblical figure.

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