Pontius Pilate in History and Interpretation

Pontius Pilate in History and Interpretation
ISBN-10
0521616204
ISBN-13
9780521616201
Category
Religion
Pages
276
Language
English
Published
2004-12-02
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Helen K. Bond

Description

This study reconstructs the life of Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor responsible for the execution of Jesus. The first section provides the historical and archaeological background. The following chapters look at six first-century authors: Philo, Josephus and the four gospel writers. Each chapter asks how Pilate is being used as a literary character in each work, why each author describes Pilate in a different way, and what this tells us about the relationship between each author and the Roman state.

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