Iscariot, Tosca Lee
Iscariot, Tosca Lee
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Iscariot
A Novel of Judas

Author: Tosca Lee

Narrator: Jason Culp

Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/05/2013


Synopsis

Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Books of Mortals series brilliantly adapts the life of Judas Iscariot into a dazzling work of fiction—humanizing the man whose very name is synonymous with betrayal.

Based on extensive research into the life and times of Judas Iscariot, this triumph of fiction storytelling by the author of Havah: The Story of Eve revisits one of biblical history’s most maligned figures and brings the world he inhabited vividly to life.

In Jesus, Judas believes he has found the One—the promised Messiah and future king of the Jews, destined to overthrow Roman rule. Galvanized, he joins Nazarene’s followers, ready to enact the change he has waited for all his life. But soon Judas’s vision of a nation free from Rome is crushed by the inexplicable actions of Nazarene himself, who will not bow to social or religious convention—and seems, in the end, to even turn against his own people. At last, Judas confronts the fact that the master he loves is not the liberator he hoped for, but a man bent on a drastically different agenda.

Praised as “an absolute must-read” (New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker), Iscariot is the story of Judas, from his tumultuous childhood to his emergence as the man who betrayed Jesus. But even more, it is a singular and surprising view into the life of Jesus that forces us to reexamine everything we thought we knew about the most famous—and infamous—religious icons in history.

About Tosca Lee

Tosca Lee is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of The ProgenyFirstbornIscariotThe Legend of ShebaDemon: A MemoirHavah: The Story of Eve, and the Books of Mortals series with New York Times bestseller Ted Dekker. She received her BA in English and International Relations from Smith College. A lifelong adventure traveler, Tosca makes her home in the Midwest with her husband and children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David

Tosca Lee is one of the best novelists writing today. The short version of any review of her work is "buy it now." A warning about Iscariot: it is challenging. You will see more of yourself in Judas than is comfortable. Lee's characters are well-drawn with complex motives, and careful attention is r......more

Goodreads review by Katie

I completed like one book last month and then finished this in less than a week. I couldn’t put it down! I don’t read a lot of Christian fiction. Perhaps I have an unfair bias against it? I’m always afraid it’s going to be saccharine with cheesy writing. Which is unfair of me. But this was neither o......more

"I had taken an action that would absolve me of guilt under the law but condemned my heart." Before reading this book I aquatinted Judas Iscariot with evil; a person driven by pride and ambition. However, I realized I was not that different than Judas. So often I found myself reading the scriptures w......more

Goodreads review by Oceana

This is a thoughtful, slow, insightful story about Judas Iscariot from childhood to death. I LOVED it. I was so captured by Lee's insight into Judas' childhood and what impacted his personality when we meet him in the Bible. I thought the perspective that Judas wasn't the all bad person we judge him......more