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Juan Domingo: El mejor legado del gran escritor. Perón detrás del mito
by José García HamiltonUna apasionante y lúcida biografía del Perón de carne y hueso: sufamilia, motivaciones, actitudes, gustos, decisiones, su manera de ser yde actuar, los hombres y las mujeres que lo rodearon. Motivado por sus ideales liberales y libertarios, José Ignacio GarcíaHamilton nos acercó la vida de Alberdi, Sarmiento, San Martín y Bolívar.Ahora elige a Juan Domingo Perón. ¿Por qué Perón? Existía en el escritorla íntima y profunda necesidad de investigar sobre la persona que, másde sesenta años después de irrumpir en la vida política argentina eincluso después de su muerte, continúa inspirando y abrigando en unmismo signo político a líderes y seguidores de pensamientos y accionestan disímiles.Desde muy joven, y más aún desde su ingreso al Congreso Nacional comodiputado por su provincia natal, José Ignacio se mostró interesado porentender el movimiento peronista. Las múltiples facetas, muchas de ellasopuestas, enfrentadas o contradictorias, que signan la maquinariajusticialista del poder lo dejaban perplejo. ¿Cómo y por qué losperonistas de las extracciones más diversas pueden sentirse parte de unmismo colectivo y abrazados por una misma praxis? ¿Qué los une? Larespuesta a estos interrogantes no podía sino estar en el origen. Eseorigen es el propio Juan Domingo Perón. El militar, el político, eldeportista, el conductor, el estratega, el seductor, pero, sobre todo,el hombre: la historia de su vida, familia, motivaciones, actitudes,gustos, decisiones, su manera de ser y de actuar, los hombres y lasmujeres que lo rodearon.El autor buscó, como lo hiciera siempre y de manera exitosa, al hombredetrás del mito. Es así como en esta apasionante biografía nos trae,entre tantas otras facetas inéditas, al alumno cuya partida denacimiento es falsificada para ingresar al Colegio Militar, aladolescente que sufre al encontrar a su madre acostada con un peón, aljoven rechazado por su prima Mecha debido a su origen familiar brumoso,además del exitoso político y el líder de las pasiones encontradas.Juan Domingo no es un libro sobre el pasado. La mirada de GarcíaHamilton atraviesa hechos y acciones con una lucidez nueva, producto deaños de intensa búsqueda de la verdad histórica, aquella que permiteiluminar nuestro presente y proyectar un futuro promisorio. Juan Domingoes, sin lugar a dudas, el mejor legado que podía dejarnos el incansableensayista, el divulgador apasionado, el talentoso escritor y el hombreque buscó siempre la verdad.
Juan Gregorio Palechor: The Story of My Life
by Andy Klatt Myriam JimenoThe Colombian activist Juan Gregorio Palechor (1923-1992) dedicated his life to championing indigenous rights in Cauca, a department in the southwest of Colombia, where he helped found the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca. Recounting his life story in collaboration with the Colombian anthropologist Myriam Jimeno, Palechor traces his political awakening, his experiences in national politics, the disillusionment that resulted, and his turn to a more radical activism aimed at confronting ethnic discrimination and fighting for indigenous territorial and political sovereignty.Palechor's lively memoir is complemented by Jimeno's reflections on autobiography as an anthropological tool and on the oppressive social and political conditions faced by Colombia's indigenous peoples. A faithful and fluent transcription of Palechor's life story, this work is a uniquely valuable resource for understanding the contemporary indigenous rights movements in Colombia.
Juan José de Austria
by José Calvo PoyatoUna de las personalidades más atractivas -y peor conocidas- de nuestro siglo XVII es Juan José de Austria, conocido como don Juan por sus contemporáneos. Era hijo de Felipe V y María Calderón, una de las más famosas actrices de Madrid de aquellos tiempos. Fue don Juan, pues, un bastardo regio, como también su homónimo de un siglo antes, el don Juan de Austria vencedor de los turcos en Lepanto. El origen de don Juan pesó en su vida como una losa, dado que sus expectativas apuntaron a lo más alto en aquella monarquía que veía consumirse, en medio de una profunda crisis, la segunda mitad del Seiscientos. Ser ilegítimo, pese al reconocimiento expreso de su paternidad que hizo Felipe IV, fue un obstáculo insalvable para sus aspiraciones.
Juan March: El hombre más misterioso del mundo
by Pere Ferrer«March entendía que la política solo era una palanca para sacarse del medio aquello que le estorbaba». El personaje que representó March en la vida tuvo muchas facetas novelescas. Se inició en el contrabando, estuvo involucrado en el asesinato de su socio y amante de su mujer (un crimen jamás resuelto), tuvo incontables aventuras amorosas... El doble juego que practicó en las contiendas bélicas del siglo XX le convirtió en uno de los hombres más ricos de Europa. Fue una controvertida figura política: escapó de la cárcel de Alcalá de Henares, donde estuvo preso durante la República; financió la revuelta militar de julio de 1936 y se opuso al general Franco durante los cuarenta, apostando por la monarquía. Y finalmente, de forma rocambolesca, se apropió de la Barcelona Traction y la obra de mecenazgo de la Fundación March. Pere Ferrer relata en estas páginas la biografía de la polémica trayectoria del banquero mallorquín, un hombre ambicioso y brillante, creador del primer emporio de las islas Baleares.
Juan Marichal: My Journey from the Dominican Republic to Cooperstown
by Juan Marichal Lew FreedmanThe groundbreaking superstar tells his story: “To look at the MLB career of Hall of Fame pitcher Marichal is to look at another era . . . a solid hit.” —Library JournalIn a decade that featured such legendary hurlers as Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, Don Drysdale, and other Hall of Famers, no pitcher won more games than Juan Marichal in the 1960s. His unique high-kick pitching style was imitated by kids from New York to San Francisco to Santo Domingo, and is immortalized in a bronze statue outside of the Giants’ current ballpark. Marichal was the first Dominican-born player to play in an All-Star Game and the first elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and he won more games than any of his countrymen. And while Dominican and other Latino players have come to dominate many aspects of baseball in recent years, Marichal was a trailblazer in his day, entering the league at a time when Latin American players were routinely discriminated against, underpaid, and presented with numerous obstacles on their journey to the big leagues.Now, Marichal tells the story of his rise from living on a rural farm as a young boy in the Dominican Republic to his status as one of the greatest pitchers of all time. Along the way, he was enlisted by the son of the country’s dictator to play for the national team, was threatened at gunpoint to throw a game during a tournament in Mexico, fought homesickness as a minor leaguer in rural Indiana, and went head-to-head with some of the best pitchers and hitters the game has ever seen.For the first time, Marichal gives his perspective on life as a Latino ballplayer in the 1960s, describes the highs and lows of a sixteen-year major league career, and explores what the recent influx of Dominicans in the majors has meant to baseball and to his home country—and also offers reflections on lingering stereotypes, the impact of steroids, and the general state of the game in the twenty-first century.
Juan Pablo II: Recuerdos de la vida de un santo
by Paloma Gómez BorreroSolo Paloma Gómez Borrero podía escribir este libro con las anécdotas más íntimas, más cercanas, más simpáticas y sobre todo menos conocidas de la vida del Papa Juan Pablo II. Ella misma fue testigo de las historias y vivencias que nos presenta en este libro. Hay anécdotas que demuestran su lado más humano, más cercano, y otras que nos narran los momentos más serios, dramáticos y trágicos, como el del atentado que sufrió en 1981.Paloma relata también los encuentros que tuvo el pontífice con enfermos, con presos, con famosos, con políticos (y no todos creyentes), y una serie de curiosidades que tuvieron lugar durante los múltiples viajes por todo el mundo.
Juan Pablo II: recuerdos de la vida de un santo
by Paloma Gomez BorreroEstaba segura de que sería proclamado santo. Por eso he esperado a que fuera canonizado para escribir este libro, que es un compendio de recuerdos, episodios y anécdotas guardados para siempre en mi corazón y en mi memoria, y que ahora me encanta compartir con quienes lean este libro. El gran sentido del humor y la naturalidad de Juan Pablo II le permitían responder de forma espontánea a las preguntas más curiosas e impensables que se le hacían. Así conquistaba a todos, niños, jóvenes o ancianos, fueran o no creyentes. Cuando era posible iba los domingos a una parroquia de su diócesis donde concelebraba la misa con el párroco y luego se quedaba a charlar. Hablaba con los jóvenes, con los matrimonios y con los niños. También se interesaba por las actividades culturales y deportivas de la parroquia. Durante una visita al barrio de Quarticciolo fue al centro social, una especie de club para las personas mayores, donde se jugaba a la petanca, un juego prácticamente desconocido en Polonia. Aquel domingo Juan Pablo II fue acogido con entusiasmo por los campeones del barrio, que quisieron lucirse con una demostración de sus habilidades. El Papa escuchó las explicaciones sobre el juego y mantuvo una conversación divertida con ellos. El ambiente fue tan distendido y familiar que uno se atrevió a invitar al Papa a que probara con una de las bolas. Juan Pablo II lanzó con fuerza y, claro está, no se lució. A pesar de que la bola se quedó muy alejada del objetivo, todos los presentes aplaudieron y gritaron "¡Buena jugada, Santidad! Bravissimo!". El Santo Padre los miró y les advirtió sonriendo: "Deseo que juegues mejor que el Papa, pero también espero que reces tanto como reza el Papa."
Juan Pablo II: Recuerdos de la vida de un santo
by Paloma Gómez BorreroUn retrato fascinante de 31 momentos desconocidos en la vida del Papa más querido de los últimos tiempos a punto de ser canonizado. Solo Paloma Gómez Borrero podía escribir este libro con las anécdotas más íntimas, más cercanas, más simpáticas y sobre todo menos conocidas de la vida del Papa Juan Pablo II. Ella misma fue testigo de las historias y vivencias que nos presenta en este libro. Hay anécdotas que demuestran su lado más humano, más cercano, y otras que nos narran los momentos más serios, dramáticos y trágicos, como el del atentado que sufrió en 1981. Paloma relata también los encuentros que tuvo el pontífice con enfermos, con presos, con famosos, con políticos (y no todos creyentes), y una serie de curiosidades que tuvieron lugar durante los múltiples viajes por todo el mundo.
Juan Ponce De Leon: A Primary Source Biography
by Lynn HoogenboomDetails the life and exploits of the Spanish explorer who sailed among the islands of the Caribbean.
Juan Uribe (Superstars of Baseball)
by Tania RodriguezJuan Uribe has come a long way from his roots in the Dominican Republic. He's played in two World Series, and he earns millions of dollars every year. But it's his roots that still make him strong. Uribe is proud of his homeland--and his homeland is proud of him! Read about Juan Uribe's life. Find out what it takes to be a baseball superstar!
Juana Azurduy
by Pacho O'DonnellLa figura fascinante de Juana Azurduy, guerrera del Alto Perú, heroína de la independencia, fue largamente relegada por la historia oficial. Pacho O'Donnell reivindica aquí su lucha, llena de coraje, astucia y entrega. En este libro Pacho O'Donnell rescata a una figura injustamente postergada: la de Juana Azurduy. Repasar la vida de la heroína independentista que combatió en el Alto Perú y que entonces alcanzó el grado de teniente coronela (no hace mucho fue ascendida a generala) cumple con una doble reivindicación. En primer lugar la de las mujeres que, armas en mano, combatieron por nuestra libertad a la par de los hombres. Su figura desmiente el rol secundario que pretendió atribuirles la machista historia oficial, que las retrató dedicadas a coser banderas, donar alhajas y, sobre todo, esperar pacientemente el regreso de sus esposos del campo de batalla. Por el otro lado, O'Donnell pone de relieve la valiente acción de los caudillos altoperuanos, a quienes aún se les debe un merecido reconocimiento por su fundamental aporte a la emancipación de nuestros pueblos. El coraje, la astucia y la generosidad con los que Juana Azurduy llevó adelante la lucha contra el ejército realista no solo son los valores que realzan la proeza independentista, sino aquellos que nuestra Patria hoy nos reclama para superar las épocas de crisis.
Juanes
by Diego LondoñoEl libro oficial de Juanes La vida de Juanes es una canción, o mejor, son miles de canciones volando a toda velocidad en miles de millones de segundos, o en una sola historia. en estas líneas, escritas desde los más lejanos rincones de su memoria, sus recuerdos se hacen palabras e imágenes. juanes, el hombre que ha vendido más de 20 millones de discos, que fue seleccionado por la revista time como una de "las 100 personas más influyentes del mundo", que suma 26 Premios Grammy latinos y tres estatuillas Grammy anglo, y que fue invitado por el dios del rock Mick Jagger para tocar la guitarra al lado de los Rolling Stones, cumple 1.577.836.800 segundos de vida, y los celebra con este libro. Juanes vacía su alma y la irriga en estas páginas para decir "gracias", y para recordarnos -y recordarse a él mismo- que lo mejor está por venir, que aún quedan muchos millones de segundos por vivir. estas son las memorias de un soñador.
Juba!: A Novel
by Walter Dean MyersIn New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers's last novel, he delivers a gripping story based on the life of a real dancer known as Master Juba, who lived in the nineteenth century. <P><P>This engaging historical novel is based on the true story of the meteoric rise of an immensely talented young black dancer, William Henry Lane, who influenced today's tap, jazz, and step dancing. With meticulous and intensive research, Walter Dean Myers has brought to life Juba's story.The novel includes photographs, maps, and other images from Juba's time and an afterword from Walter Dean Myers's wife about the writing process of Juba!red in the North and sent down South as slaves. England offers freedoms that Juba could only dream of in the States, and returning home may prove a dangerous decision. <P><P>This novel is based on a true story, the intricacies of Juba's meteoric rise as an explosive young black dancer brought to life by Walter Dean Myers through meticulous and intensive research.
Jubana!
by Gigi AndersAccording to her colorful Mami Dearest, the life of young Gigi Anders will be simple if she can remember three maxims--be pretty, get married, and always drink TaB. Thus begins her instruction in the art of being a lady and the side effects of falling in love. As the granddaughter of Eastern European and Russian shtetl-reared grandparents who immigrated as teenagers in the early 1920s to the fierce tropical beauty of Cuba, Anders is heir apparent to a legacy of transatlantic alienation. With dazzling wit and hilarity mined from the depths of loss and yearning, Anders chronicles her journey from beach baby to ostracized exile to vibrant intellectual, along the way balancing her obsession with killer outfits and zaftig, orgasmic meals--always with a can of TaB!--with the more serious pursuits of love, sanity, and lipstick in perfect siren red.
Jubilee: The First Therapy Horse and an Olympic Dream
by KT JohnstonLis Hartel became paralyzed after contracting polio in 1944. Her dreams of riding horses and competing in the sport of dressage were shattered. After months in the hospital, doctors told her she’d never ride again. Lis tried anyway. How do you stay on a horse without using your legs? How do you give the subtle cues needed in dressage with limited mobility? With hard work—and an unlikely horse named Jubilee. After years of training together and creating a new way of communicating, Lis and Jubilee danced into the competition ring, and eventually all the way to the Olympics. Lis Hartel was the first woman with a disability ever to win an Olympic medal, and the first woman to stand equally beside men on the Olympic winners' podium in any sport.
Jubilee: And Other Essays On Life And Literature
by Margaret WalkerThe bestselling classic about a mixed-race child in the Civil War-era South that &“chronicles the triumph of a free spirit over many kinds of bondage&” (TheNew York Times Book Review). Jubilee tells the true story of Vyry, the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress. Vyry bears witness to the antebellum South in both its opulence and its brutality, its wartime ruin, and the promises of Reconstruction. Weaving her own family&’s oral history with thirty years of research, Margaret Walker brings the everyday experiences of slaves to light in a novel that churns with the hunger, the hymns, the struggles, and the very breath of American history. &“A revelation.&”—Milwaukee Journal Includes a foreword by Nikki Giovanni
Jubilee City: A Memoir at Full Speed
by Joe AndoeJoe Andoe is an internationally exhibited painter. His work, hailed by The New Yorker as "cowboy noir with a fashionista twist," is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Whitney Museum of Art in New York, and countless other locations. He is a father. He is a writer. He is sober. That's now.Once upon a time, though, way back in the '70s, Joe Andoe was a delinquent bad boy growing up wild in Tulsa, Oklahoma—drinking, drugging, and driving too fast down a dead-end road. He was one car crash, one overdose away from head-on disaster. His art saved him.A life story told in discrete, arresting snapshots of despair, resilience, creativity, and hope, Joe Andoe's raw, vivid, and utterly original memoir is as striking as his painting. With echoes of Jim Carroll poetic insight and Charles Bukowski grit, yet still uniquely the artist's own, Andoe's literary portrait of his time to date on earth is as powerful as a heavyweight's hook and as spellbinding as a major crack-up on the opposite side of the highway. It is an important work of curiosity and grandiosity; a testament to a young man's resilience and genius and luck that enabled him to survive a life lived wildly out of control; an unparalleled adventure, a rocket ride from the sordid depths of self-destruction to the glorious pinnacles of…Jubilee City
Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan
by William HjortsbergConfident and robust, Jubilee Hitchhiker is an comprehensive biography of late novelist and poet Richard Brautigan, author of Troutfishing in America and A Confederate General from Big Sur, among many others. When Brautigan took his own life in September of 1984 his close friends and network of artists and writers were devastated though not entirely surprised. To many, Brautigan was shrouded in enigma, erratic and unpredictable in his habits and presentation. But his career was formidable, an inspiration to young writers like Hjortsberg trying to get their start. Brautigan's career wove its way through both the Beat-influenced San Francisco Renaissance in the 1950s and the "Flower Power" hippie movement of the 1960s; while he never claimed direct artistic involvement with either period, Jubilee Hitchhiker also delves deeply into the spirited times in which he lived.As Hjortsberg guides us through his search to uncover Brautigan as a man the reader is pulled deeply into the writer's world. Ultimately this is a work that seeks to connect the Brautigan known to his fans with the man who ended his life so abruptly in 1984 while revealing the close ties between his writing and the actual events of his life. Part history, part biography, and part memoir this etches the portrait of a man destroyed by his genius.
Jubilee Kumar: The Life and Times of a Superstar
by Seema Sonik AlimchandKnown to generations of cinema-lovers as the evergreen hero of blockbuster hits like Dil Ek Mandir, Ayee Milan ki Bela, Arzoo and Sangam, Rajendra Kumar Tuli was truly the ‘Jubilee Star’ of Hindi cinema in the 1960s. Jubilee Kumar is the so-far-untold story of the man behind the superstar – one who went from riches to rags early in life, but whose determination, prudence and humility saw him surmount countless hurdles, and win the affection and admiration of colleagues and fans alike.A dispossessed refugee following Partition, Kumar’s struggles intensified as he travelled from Sialkot to Bombay to try his luck in films, suffering homelessness and hunger before he got a break as an assistant director. Overcoming both prejudice in the industry and his own insecurities, he eventually rose to unimaginable fame and popularity as a leading man in films and a respected producer.Touching candidly upon his life both on-screen and off it, this intimate account reveals Kumar – often through his own reminiscences and the recollections of others – as a hard-headed businessman, a generous and empathetic senior colleague, a gallant co-star to his female leads, a good-natured rival to peers and, above all, an upright and principled family man who rose above the many temptations of life in the Indian film industry.A riveting tale of struggle and stardom, fame and disillusionment, love, heartbreak and loss, Jubilee Kumar unwraps the many layers of an icon whose achievements and charisma few of his rivals or successors have been able to match.
Judah Benjamin: Counselor to the Confederacy (Jewish Lives)
by James TraubA moral examination of one of the first Jewish senators, confidante to Jefferson Davis, and champion of the cause of slavery Judah P. Benjamin (1811–1884) was a brilliant and successful lawyer in New Orleans, and one of the first Jewish members of the U.S. Senate. He then served in the Confederacy as secretary of war and secretary of state, becoming the confidant and alter ego of Jefferson Davis. In this new biography, author James Traub grapples with the difficult truth that Benjamin, who was considered one of the greatest legal minds in the United States, was a slave owner who deployed his oratorical skills in defense of slavery. How could a man as gifted as Benjamin, knowing that virtually all serious thinkers outside the American South regarded slavery as the most abhorrent of practices, not see that he was complicit with evil? This biography makes a serious moral argument both about Jews who assimilated to Southern society by embracing slave culture and about Benjamin himself, a man of great resourcefulness and resilience who would not, or could not, question the practice on which his own success, and that of the South, was founded.
Judah Magnes: The Prophetic Politics of a Religious Binationalist
by David Barak-GorodetskyThis comprehensive intellectual biography of Judah Magnes—the Reform rabbi, American Zionist leader, and inaugural Hebrew University chancellor—offers novel analysis of how theology and politics intertwined to drive Magnes&’s writings and activism—especially his championing of a binational state—against all odds. Like a prophet unable to suppress his prophecy, Magnes could not resist a religious calling to take political action, whatever the cost. In Palestine no one understood his uniquely American pragmatism and insistence that a constitutional system was foundational for a just society. Jewish leaders regarded his prophetic politics as overly conciliatory and dangerous for negotiations. Magnes&’s central European allies in striving for a binational Palestine, including Martin Buber, credited him with restoring their faith in politics, but they ultimately retreated from binationalism to welcome the new State of Israel. In candidly portraying the complex Magnes as he understood himself, David Barak-Gorodetsky elucidates why Magnes persevered, despite evident lack of Arab interest, to advocate binationalism with Truman in May 1948 at the ultimate price of Jewish sovereignty. Accompanying Magnes on his long-misunderstood journey, we gain a unique broader perspective: on early peacemaking efforts in Israel/Palestine, the American Jewish role in the history of the state, binationalism as political theology, an American view of binationalism, and the charged realities of Israel today.
Judas: A Biography
by Susan Gubar"Judas is a dark journey through the murderousness of Christian Anti-Semitism, culminating in the mass slaughter of more than a and their associated European butchers. Lucid, study is close to definitive on the fictive figure of Judas."--Harold Bloom
Judas: How a Sister's Testimony Brought Down a Criminal Mastermind
by Astrid HolleederThe incredible true story of a woman who risked everything to put her brother, a murderous psychopath and one of the world's most infamous crime bosses, behind bars.Astrid Holleeder is in hiding because she had the courage to write this book. Her brother Willem Holleeder, best known for his involvement in the 1983 kidnapping of the CEO and chairman of Heineken brewing company, is one of the most notorious criminals in contemporary history. For decades, Wim ruled over his family mafia-style, threatening death if any of them betrayed him. Astrid and her sister, Sonja, watched as their brother eliminated anyone who got in his way, and they lived in terror of inciting his rage, unable to protect even their own young children from his violence. Trained as a lawyer, Astrid served as her brother's unwilling confidante. Now, she's turning the tables on him. Charged for his involvement in multiple assassinations, including that of his former partner and brother-in-law, Holleeder is finally on trial for murder, all due to the shocking testimony of his own family. An international bestseller that has sold more than 500,000 copies in Holland, this stunning, edge-of-your seat memoir chronicles Astrid's terrifying experience working as a double agent, preserving her brother's trust just so that she could get enough information to put him away for life. Judas is the intimate account of Astrid's deeply personal betrayal, set against the backdrop of their haunting family history and the astonishing world of the criminal underground.
Judas: How a Sister's Testimony Brought Down a Criminal Mastermind
by Astrid HolleederWillem Holleeder is one of the most notorious criminals in contemporary history. Best known for his involvement in the 1983 kidnapping of Alfred Heineken, CEO and Chairman of Heineken, and his infamous 2006 trial in which he was convicted of extortion, money laundering and membership of a criminal organization, Willem Holleeder captured the attention of the world. What few knew was how Willem had terrorized, extorted and threatened his family for thirty years, just as his alcoholic father - an employee at Heineken - had dominated and mistreated the family for years. Children, sisters, women, in-laws and mother: no one escaped the despotic behaviour of father and son.But Willem's latest conviction is quickly becoming the trial of the century. Charged for his involvement in multiple assassinations, including that of his former partner and brother-in-law, Willem is finally being put on trial for murder, all due to the shocking and incriminating testimony of his own family. Having spent years as his unwilling consigliere, Willem's own sister Astrid is finally breaking her silence and going on the record. In this stunning memoir, Astrid finally reveals decades of familial manipulation and fear and her own thrilling experience working as a double cross, preserving enough trust to attain the information that would convict her brother for life.
Judas
by Marvin MeyerJudas Iscariot has been demonized as the quintessential traitor, the disciple who betrayed his master for the infamous thirty pieces of silver. But the recent sensational discovery and publication of the long lost Gospel of Judas, with its remarkable portrayal of Judas Iscariot as the disciple closest to Jesus, raises serious new questions. Was Judas the only member of the Twelve who truly understood Jesus? Did Jesus secretly collaborate with Judas to set in motion the series of events that would redeem all of humankind? In search of answers, Marvin Meyer, one of the world's leading experts on the Gospel of Judas presents a collection of the earliest accounts of Judas, which together paint a fuller portrait of this most enigmatic disciple. This book presents the essential texts that deal with the figure of Judas, including New Testament writings, Gnostic documents, and other early and later Christian literature. These are the earliest known testimonies about Judas and include selections from the gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John, the Acts of the Apostles, and relevant passages from Paul. The centerpiece of the book is the Gospel of Judas, followed by excerpts from three other Gnostic texts--the Dialogue of the Savior, the Concept of Our Great Power, and the "Round Dance of the Cross"--which may shed new light on the figure of Judas. A series of additional writings on Judas produced over the centuries provide glimpses of the vilification of Judas and the emergence of anti-Semitic themes. Meyer offers evidence of traitors before Judas--the Genesis story of Joseph's brothers who sold him into slavery, the duplicitous friend of the poet in Psalm 41, and Melanthius the goatherd in Homer's Odyssey--all of which raise the question of whether the story of Judas Iscariot could be simply a piece of religious fiction derived from earlier stories. Judas provides a rich collection of original sources that tell the story of Christianity's most infamous figure, offering the fullest understanding of Judas Iscariot's undeniable importance in the climax of Jesus's life.