Giuda Iscariota: tra condanna e assoluzione: testimonianze letterarie ed epigrafiche dei primi tre secoli di cristianesimo
As far as the third century, the only positive interpretation of Judas Iscariot is the one given by the gnostic sect of the Cainites, and related by Ireneo of Lione, by Pseudo-Tertulliano, and later by Epifanio and Teodoreto. The Pseudo-Tertulliano, moreover, touches upon the existence of two groups...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Città Nuova
2005
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| In: |
Vivens homo
Year: 2005, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 141-155 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judas Iscariot
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Church
B Judas Iscariot |
| Summary: | As far as the third century, the only positive interpretation of Judas Iscariot is the one given by the gnostic sect of the Cainites, and related by Ireneo of Lione, by Pseudo-Tertulliano, and later by Epifanio and Teodoreto. The Pseudo-Tertulliano, moreover, touches upon the existence of two groups of Cainites, divided from each other because of the different value they gave to Jesus (for one faction he was the saviour, while for the other he was the subverter of the truth), yet both united in defending Judas, who had not betrayed Christ but Jesus, who had been created along with all material reality, by god demiurge. Judas Iscariot is also cited in several tomb inscriptions, usually in order to discourage grave violators. As an example we will quote an epitaph in which the same doom of Judas is invoked for those who will violate the tomb. The meaning of this expression is easily understood when we take into consideration Papia's work, where the deformations that struck the traitor are described: from body-swelling to blindness, as far as to decomposition while still alive. |
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| ISSN: | 1123-5470 |
| Contains: | In: Vivens homo
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