This chapter argues that nineteenth-century novelists used the myth of Judas to show the clash between Judaism and Christianity and the struggle between fathers and sons. The Jewish villain allows the Christian hero to achieve righteousness, and forces the reader to think about the values and institutions of his time.

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Traitor and Victim

  • Catherine Bartlett

摘要

This chapter argues that nineteenth-century novelists used the myth of Judas to show the clash between Judaism and Christianity and the struggle between fathers and sons. The Jewish villain allows the Christian hero to achieve righteousness, and forces the reader to think about the values and institutions of his time.