Judah is a lekariot

Judas from Cariot is a symbol of betrayal, a great sinner who condemned Jesus Christ to death. At the same time, Judas, perhaps, is the most mysterious gospel character - he is attractive to Leonid Andreev with his interest in contradictions in the human soul.
The story “Judas Izariot”, according to the author himself, is “Fantasy on the topic of betrayal, Good and evil. Andreev is trying to understand what directed Judas and why he kills himself. The writer fills the gospel plot of betrayal of psychological content, reflecting on love and hatred, suffering and sacrifice, random and inevitable.
The collection also included the novels “The Life of Vasily Five”, “Eleazar”, “My Notes” and other works of different periods work of Andreev