In one of his boldest lectures yet, Bishop John Shelby Spong asserts that Judas Iscariot, the man who biblically betrayed Jesus Christ, never actually walked the earth. He's merely a literary creation, who, according to Spong, was added to the Bible as a device. For his proof, Spong turns to Jewish history, touching on the Roman Empire and previous biblical stories with striking similarities to Judas'. This lecture was Spong's fourth of five in a week titled "Re-claiming the Bible in a Non-Religious World."
Read Mary Desmond's recap for The Chautauquan Daily here: chqny.in/QBjKnT.
1 окт 2024