Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-01-05 | Page 4 | Judas Iscariot Defended after Many Centuries of Ignominy

I Judas Iscariot Defended After Many Centuries of Ignominy Noted German Bible Student Arouses Discussion Discussion Dis Dis- With rith Biography NEW NE r-r r YORK Dec 28 S UP Ap UP-Ap- Ap- Ap proximately n 1900 years after aHer his death Ju Judas ns Iscariot betrayer of Jesus esus Christ Is be being nb discussed as ho time result of oC a now biography b by ly H K li E. von I noted German Ger- Ger miami man n Bible Biblo student ent which paints him ilm In a more favorable lI light ht Outstanding ln pastors pastol's of oC the country country coun- coun try ry have havo taken different positions In iii n Interpreting hl Mb his character SOIl Fomo affirm strict belief in the scriptural H a narl tive which con condemns h him ha others reveal lo a a. sympathy for others Von Kalinowski's Kalinow- Kalinow skis ski's contention as HS ca plagiarism or ur tho the result of immature thinking Tho Thu German author says U In lit his imis most misunderstood mis book ludas Judas was tho the un understood man in history and that his imis bi of oC Christ was motivated mott mo mo- tt b by a sincere 1 if f III misdirected zeal The Ilme United Press has a aolis series olis of or views on the lie Germans German's asser ats- ats ser U on ludas Iscariot deserves mure more consideration con con- than h he lie has been given e 1 II in the limo opinion of oC Dr Dl Jason Noble Nobl PI Pierce pa pastor tor of nr t tho time First t Congregational Congre church of If Washington Ington D. D C C. Chut but hut ho should not nul be thought ht blameless Pierce W was 18 former President Pres ident Coolidge's i jastor astur Commenting on un thu tho Von Yon Kalinow- Kalinow ski shi book Dr Pierce staid said There Thero Is Js n L lot more mort to tu bo lie saM salt of oC Judas I Iscariot carlot than tItan o er everyone be w.- w. I think thin tho time play day King of ot was an a admirable repetition of or the character ur of the work of ur J Judas utIa s I do o not believe Judas commit committed ted tell ted because of Jesus not doln doing what ho Ito expected but Lint bc- bc eau o o ho In realized too late lale what a n terrible thing ho Imo 1 I udas had hall done In rn Jostis JN U Judas was damned but there I must have e been heen a lot of ot s s nail anti lo n 4 about or Ol Jesus und maid till flit disciples would not havo o I tolerated him liba Belief In tho gospel narrative c waa 1 expressed b by tho the Rc TIC TICS S S. S X harkness Hark Hark- ness ness pastor of oC tho Ule Immanuel Presbyterian Presbyterian Presbyterian Pres Pres- church of Kansas City Mo who said All wo we ha have 0 to go to on Is the gas pet narrative wh which ich reveals re the fact that Judas was a n. greedy breedy man out omit of sympathy with Jesus and antl his lis betrayal al of oC JesUs was probably based cd on resentment because of or tho the failure of Jesus to capitalize Ills Influence with the tho common people veople in a political wa way Most lost of these theMo Ke New Testament stories were edited and reedited in tho timo life of ur c certain theological controversies con con- said tho ito Iter He HeL L 1 if oM pastor jastor of ot tho the All South Unitarian church l Kansas City and andas I ns OR a n. con consequence o wo dont don't know i what th thu meal leal radio facts were I have hac I alwa always s 's s felt sympathetic for or Judas because ho lie was part of ot a scheme that seemed Inevitable and antl ho was wa ma muncie made o tho the goat Dr Harry Wilson pastor of tho the Central Pre b church of St. St Paul Minn Ninn ha has han no sympathy with tho the effort ot or on on on to picture Judas as 03 time thy most misunderstood mis mis- understood man in lii history The bo ho said referring referring refer refer- ring to Von Vou kl J Is a Do thief like tho the Judas of Scripture Ho ob obviously ob- ob stole Itolo his hta Ideas from Crom a a. book written by Dy Marie Corom Corelli forty years yearn ago Wo We 0 a a. hero out out- ot of Judas for Or lie tho clearly says a. a s 's he was a thief The llev He Hep P P. C C. Cannon e editor of or orho the tho Catholic Trim Truo Voice said Mid ho hI believed be be- cd time the author relied solely nobly on his Imagination there thero certainly certainty being be hr In lag ing no rio authority fo for such supposition tion in biblical narrative I lOr am nm glad Iad thero I H Is a n. movement wa way to rehabilitate Judas Juda said ald Rabbi Cohn Colin Jewish Jew sh lender leader of or Omaha All evidence wen e points to him HM as a Jewish patriot Thero There Is Js nothing now no In this theory thor hut but thinkers thinker aro nrc now trying moro more than vcr over tt to got behind the texts of New Now