Three Versions of Judas

short story by Jorge Luis Borges
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Summary

Three Versions of Judas is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (671 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Jorge Luis Borges[3]
  • Named after: Judas Iscariot[4]
  • Language of work or name: Spanish language in South America[5]
  • Distribution format: printed matter[6]
  • Country of origin: Argentina[7]
  • Publication date: 1944[8]
  • Published in: Ficciones[9], Sur[10]
  • Title: Tres versiones de Judas[11]
  • First line: En el Asia Menor o en Alejandría, en el segundo siglo de nuestra fe, cuando Basílides publicaba que el cosmos era una temeraria o malvada improvisación de ángeles deficientes, Niels Runeberg hubiera dirigido, con singular pasión intelectual, uno de los coventículos gnósticos.[12]
  • Last line: Murió de la rotura de un aneurisma, el primero de marzo de 1912. Los heresiólogos tal vez lo recordarán; agregó al concepto del Hijo, que parecía agotado, las complejidades del mal y del infortunio.[13]
  • Form of creative work: short story[14]

Why It Matters

Three Versions of Judas is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'es', 'hy', 'it', 'nl', 'ur']
    Sitelink count → 6
    Bookbrainz work id → 259295a9-e983-41be-abcd-d94456abe216
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  2. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Distribution format → printed matter
    Country of origin → Argentina
    Language of work or name → Spanish language in South America
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:تھری ورژنز آف جوڈاس]]"
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