Word: iscariot
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Presented in an anthology, with a selection from a famous work by Thomas Dc Quincy, the student might find it of little interest. Presented with a set of his complete works in 44 volumes, he might discover, for example, an essay on Judas Iscariot that fascinated him. In the present system of education, it is rare that a student will discover anything...
...saying that Jesus was a Zealot himself, but cites evidence suggesting that he was sympathetic to their cause. Mark, he notes, obscured the fact that one of the Apostles-Simon the Zealot, as later Evangelists confirm-was an admitted member of the movement. And he argues further that Judas Iscariot may have been a Zealot as well. The two "thieves" who were crucified along with Jesus were, as the original Greek attests, really "brigands"-a common epithet for the Zealots. Even the Gospels hint that on the night at Gethsemane some of Jesus' disciples were armed, which may have...
...Biblical researchers will miss the boat if they do not interrogate Senator Gene McCarthy as to his post-election feelings. I am sure they will discover just how Judas Iscariot felt after the Crucifixion...
There are only seven complete sets known. Each is made up of 13 spoons, a dozen for the saints of the Last Supper and the last for Christ. Judas Iscariot is replaced by St. Matthias,* for what father would give his child a Judas spoon to slurp up his porridge...
...instance, Dante meets Paolo and Francesca and tells the touching story of their tragic love. Unhappily, the canticle concludes with a large and, to modern readers, faintly ludicrous letdown: Satan. The Old Gentleman looks like King Kong and does nothing but sit in his pit and chomp on Judas Iscariot...