Episode 20: Judas

Nathan Gilmour moderates a discussion about Judas, the betrayer of Jesus, and his literary life and afterlife. Along the way the Humanists discuss controversial questions such as the nature of the gospels, the relationship between history and literature, and things that make a crucifixion scene worthy of meditation or of scorn. Among the texts, authors, and movies discussed this week are Genesis, Matthew, John, the York Mystery Plays, Dante, The Last Temptation of Christ, the Passion of the Christ, Countee Cullen, and Frederick Buechener.