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Ben Macintyre
Judas has gotten a bum rap, said Ben Macintyre in the London Times. Vatican scholars said last week they were considering absolving Judas of blame for Jesus’ death, after 2,000 years of near-universal condemnation. It’s about time. The story of Judas as the disciple-turned-traitor simply doesn’t “add up.” After all, since Jesus was so famous, why would the Romans need an insider to betray him to them? They wouldn’t. In fact,
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