Judas Iscariot

Judas Iscariot was the disciple remembered in Christian tradition for betraying Jesus. The Gospel narratives make his actions part of the arrest and crucifixion story, while later literature has repeatedly reinterpreted his motives and responsibility.

Margaret George’s Mary, Called Magdalene places Judas Iscariot within a narrative shaped by family, marriage and personal loyalty, religion, belief and institutional authority, and social change and the pressures of ordinary life.