Unorthodox Pair Converts Judas Tale Into a Page-Turner
By Sarah Delaney
Special to The Washington Post
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

ROME, March 20 -- A very odd couple has teamed up to spread the word of the Gospel -- in this case, the Gospel of Judas, in a fictional but, according to the authors, theologically plausible explanation of why Christianity's most maligned personality did what he did.

They hope it will inspire people to pay more attention to the Bible.

Lord Jeffrey Archer, author of best-selling thrillers, former member of the British Parliament and convicted perjurer, has written "The Gospel According to Judas" with the academic help of the Rev. Francis J. Moloney, a world-class biblical scholar and former theological adviser to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. the rest