Judasz – zdrajca, samobójca czy człowiek potrzebujący miłosierdzia?
Judas – a traitor, a suicide or a man in need of mercy?

Author(s): Przemysław Artemiuk
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Judas; Gospels; Acts; Gospel of Judas; Amos Oz; Basilica of Vézelay
Summary/Abstract: In the article, the author attempts to answer the question: who was Judas: a traitor, a suicide or a man in need of mercy? To this end, he uses the texts of the New Testament as well as ancient and modern interpretations to establish the facts. While the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles are unambiguous in their presentation of Judas and see him as a traitor, a son of perdition and a man who betrayed his vocation, interpretations of this tragic figure eschew such categories. Judas appears in them as a man who, after his suicide, needs Jesus’ mercy. He is a key person in the process of Christ’s revelation, an apostle thanks to whom the mission of the Master from Nazareth is fulfilled, and finally a lost sheep. The multitude of interpretations of Judas proves that his story is still alive and it is difficult to unambiguously assess his deed.

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