The Gospel Of Judas
$28.34
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
29 August 2005
Summary
Amongst the ancient papyri of the Dead Sea, a remarkable scroll is discovered. Written in the first century AD, it purports to be the true account of the life of Jesus, as told by Youdas the sicarios - Judas Iscariot: the missing Gospel of Judas. If authentic, it will be one of the most incendiary documents in the history of humankind. The task of proving - or disproving - its validity falls to Father Leo Newman, one of the world’s leading experts in Koine, the demotic Greek of the Roman Empi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349113586 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349113580 |
| Author: | Simon Mawer |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2005 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 202mm x 23mm |
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This is a throughly enjoyable and extremely well-written novel.
It is elegant and intelligently stylistic deliberately written with the weight of Modernist tradition behind it. - GLASGOW HERALD
A gripping read with a suitably dramatic climax. - DAILY EXPRESSSimon Mawer tells a gripping, utterly compelling story. He weaves together the threads of his complex plot with a deftness that keeps the reader mesmerised to the very end of the book. - THE TIMESThis is a throughly enjoyable and extremely well-written novel. - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHAbout The Author
Simon Mawer
Simon Mawer was born in 1948 in England, and spent his childhood there, in Cyprus and in Malta. He now lives with his wife and two children in Italy, and teaches at the English School in Rome.
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