"Tres versiones de Judas" (1944), a short story by Jorge Luis Borges (from the collection "Ficciones") in which a fictional Swedish theologian proposes that Judas is the actual savior of mankind. "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1955), a novel by Nikos Kazantzakis (and 1988 film by Martin Scorsese) that depicts Judas in a similar vein to the Gospel of Judas. The plot of "A Time for Judas" (1983), a novel by Morley Callaghan also has a plot similar to that of the Gospel of Judas.