{"product_id":"the-temptation-of-saint-judas-iscariot-paperback","title":"The Temptation of Saint Judas Iscariot - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrandon Berrett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn angel visits Judas Iscariot in the hours after his betrayal-not to condemn him, but to save him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Judas cannot distinguish divine mercy from demonic accusation. He mistakes the offer of salvation for a spiritual attack. And in the terrible hours between betrayal and death, he must choose: accept a grace he cannot believe he deserves, or flee into the darkness he understands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE TEMPTATION OF SAINT JUDAS ISCARIOT reimagines the most infamous moment in biblical history as an allegory of shame, repentance, and the unbearable weight of forgiveness.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJudas Iscariot-scholar, cynic, keeper of the purse-has spent years following Jesus, waiting for the Messiah to claim earthly power and overthrow Rome. When it becomes clear that Jesus intends to die rather than reign, Judas makes a choice: thirty pieces of silver, a kiss in a garden, an arrest that will force the Messiah's hand. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut in the hours that follow, an angel appears. Not with a flaming sword. Not with proclamations of damnation. With a plea: Turn back. The door is still open. Speak the Name you cannot bring yourself to say. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNight after night, the angel returns. Showing Judas the path of repentance. Revealing the wounds he has carried in secret-the spiritual abuses he inflicted, the betrayals that led to this betrayal. Offering him something more terrifying than judgment: the possibility of being forgiven. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut how does a man accept mercy when he has spent a lifetime believing he is unworthy of it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a story of temptation toward sin. It is a story of temptation toward grace-and the soul-deep terror of being truly seen, truly known, and somehow still loved.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Contemporary Allegory in the Tradition of: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e O'Connor's violent grace and Southern Gothic sensibility\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShūsaku Endō's Silence-faith under unbearable pressure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGraham Greene's Catholic moral complexity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDostoyevsky's psychological crises of conscience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarilynne Robinson's theological literary fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for Readers Who Want: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary craft that takes faith seriously \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheological depth rendered as narrative, not sermon \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAllegory that illuminates rather than preaches \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePsychological horror grounded in spiritual realism \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBiblical reimagining that asks hard questions about grace, shame, and redemption\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67853448773949,"sku":"9798233724503","price":26.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/3356\/3709\/files\/IHYP2aS4Yw9798233724503.webp?v=1793297501","url":"https:\/\/thelordsnest.com\/products\/the-temptation-of-saint-judas-iscariot-paperback","provider":"The Lord's Nest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}