"Judas" (Roud 3964, Child 23) is one of the oldest surviving English folk ballads, dating back to at least the 13th century. Francis Child numbered it No. 23 in his collection.[1][2][3]
Synopsis
editJesus gives Judas 30 pieces of silver to buy food for the Apostles; on his way to the market, Judas is waylaid by his sister, who lulls him to sleep and steals the money. Unwilling to confess his loss, Judas sells Christ to the Romans for the same amount.[1][2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Child, Francis James, ed. (1890). "Judas". English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Vol. I Part 1. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 242–244. Retrieved 19 November 2017 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Waltz, Robert B.; Engle, David G. (2012). "Judas". Folklore The Traditional Ballad Index: An Annotated Bibliography of the Folk Songs of the English-Speaking World. California State University, Fresno. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ Bertrand Harris Bronson, The Ballad as Song (1969) p. 97: "First, then, for the materials, taking the Child ballads as our convenient base. ... Whereas the earliest text among Child's ballads, the 'Judas', goes back to the mid-thirteenth century, no tune specifically attached in the record by title or ..."
External links
edit- "Judas", sacred-texts.com
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