Bookshelf

Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.

The Autobiography of Judas Iscariot by Hugh Vickery ’80.

May 26, 2026

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(Veritas Resurgence Publishing, 2024).

First, the author asks, “What motivates a man to betray a friend? And not just any friend but the Son of God?” Then he goes on to imagine the answers not found in the Bible. This fictional “autobiography” imagines how Judas would have told his story, from his childhood under Roman occupation to his suicide on a tree outside Jerusalem as Jesus, the one he betrayed, died on another tree for the sins of all mankind.

Throughout, the book follows Biblical narrative. The publisher notes, “In the end, Judas reveals not only his own heart but also the heart of the One he rejected, Jesus. If we are to be honest, his ambitions and justifications also reveal our own hearts. We find we often have some Judas in ourselves.”