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Because Judas was a common name in ancient Palestine, the gospel writers usually identify him by adding the surname Iscariot. John 6:71 calls him "Judas Iscariot the son of Simon." He was put in charge of the disciples' money, keeping it in a special box and making purchases for the group as needed. John 12:6 says that he sometimes stole money from the box for his personal use.
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Three National Geographic books, The Gospel of Judas, Critical Edition, The Gospel of Judas, and The Lost Gospel: The Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot, are available now. The Lost Gospel is ... available in audio book form
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Intriguingly, Leighton began writing the book in 1990 before the discovery of a papyrus that has been suggested is the real Gospel according to Judas Iscariot. Leighton's research and imagination seem to have been pretty accurate. The book tells two stories; the original and a 21st century parallel about corporate relationships. This device makes the messages so much more accessible to a modern audience.
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It's possible that the gospel writers drew on various etiologies for the name Iscariot. In addition to being a town in southern Judah, Kerioth was ... a Moabite town which received curses from Yahweh. Maybe what I have come upon is a coincidence, but Amos 2 (http://www.hope.edu/bandstra/BIBLE/AMO/AMO2.HTM) ties in Judah, Iscariot/Kerioth and "sell[ing] the righteous for silver." There is also mention in verse 5 about sending a fire on Judah and devouring Jerusalem's strongholds:
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