Three Versions of Judas
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"Three Versions of Judas" is a metafictional short story by Jorge Luis Borges that reimagines the biblical figure of Judas through a series of fictional theological interpretations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Three Versions of Judas canonical | 1 |
| Tres versiones de Judas | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Three Versions of Judas Context triple: [Ficciones, hasPart, Three Versions of Judas]
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A.
Os Cus de Judas
Os Cus de Judas is a novel by Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes that offers a dark, introspective portrayal of the Portuguese Colonial War in Angola.
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B.
The Judas Factor
The Judas Factor is a book by former CIA officer E. Howard Hunt, known for its controversial take on Cold War espionage and political intrigue.
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C.
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a darkly comic, contemporary play that reimagines a courtroom trial in Purgatory to explore themes of guilt, forgiveness, and redemption through the figure of Judas and other historical and biblical characters.
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D.
The Judas Gate
The Judas Gate is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international espionage, covert operations, and his recurring character Sean Dillon.
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E.
Gospel of Judas
The Gospel of Judas is a non-canonical early Christian text that portrays Judas Iscariot not as a traitor but as Jesus’ favored disciple who carries out a divinely instructed role.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Three Versions of Judas Target entity description: "Three Versions of Judas" is a metafictional short story by Jorge Luis Borges that reimagines the biblical figure of Judas through a series of fictional theological interpretations.
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A.
Os Cus de Judas
Os Cus de Judas is a novel by Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes that offers a dark, introspective portrayal of the Portuguese Colonial War in Angola.
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B.
The Judas Factor
The Judas Factor is a book by former CIA officer E. Howard Hunt, known for its controversial take on Cold War espionage and political intrigue.
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C.
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a darkly comic, contemporary play that reimagines a courtroom trial in Purgatory to explore themes of guilt, forgiveness, and redemption through the figure of Judas and other historical and biblical characters.
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D.
The Judas Gate
The Judas Gate is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international espionage, covert operations, and his recurring character Sean Dillon.
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E.
Gospel of Judas
The Gospel of Judas is a non-canonical early Christian text that portrays Judas Iscariot not as a traitor but as Jesus’ favored disciple who carries out a divinely instructed role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
metafictional work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Argentina ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
considered a key example of Borges’s metafictional style
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widely studied in literary criticism ⓘ |
| fictionalAuthorWithinStory | Nils Runeberg ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Sur (magazine)
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linked to:
Sur magazine
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| genre |
metafiction
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philosophical fiction ⓘ theological fiction ⓘ |
| hasBiblicalFigure |
Jesus Christ
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Judas Iscariot ⓘ |
| hasFictionalCitationStyle | academic footnotes and references ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Ficciones ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian biblical exegesis
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theological debates on heresy ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
erudite
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scholarly ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Latin American literature
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magic realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Nils Runeberg ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | fictional essay ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
metafiction
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pseudo-scholarly commentary ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blurring boundaries between theology and fiction
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reimagining Judas as a central salvific figure in some interpretations ⓘ use of invented bibliographies and sources ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Tres versiones de Judas
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linked to:
Three Versions of Judas
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| partOf | Borges’s cycle of pseudo-essays ⓘ |
| setting | early 20th-century Scandinavian theology milieu ⓘ |
| structure | three theological interpretations of Judas ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Christian theology
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Judas Iscariot ⓘ divine incarnation ⓘ heresy ⓘ nature of betrayal ⓘ problem of evil ⓘ |
| theme |
limits of theological reasoning
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paradox in religious thought ⓘ reinterpretation of biblical figures ⓘ relationship between fiction and criticism ⓘ unreliable scholarship ⓘ |
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