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Pontius Pilate : deciphering a memory by Aldo Schiavonne, Jeremy Carden is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A world-renowned classicist presents a groundbreaking biography of the man who sent Jesus of Nazareth to the Cross. The Roman prefect Pontius Pilate has been cloaked in rumor and myth since the first century, but what do we actually know of the man who condemned Jesus of Nazareth to the Cross? In this breakthrough, revisionist biography of one of the Bible’s most controversial figures, Italian classicist Aldo Schiavone explains what might have happened in that brief meeting between the governor and Jesus, and why the Gospels—and history itself—have made Pilate a figure of immense ambiguity. Pontius Pilate lived during a turning point in both religious and Roman history. Though little is known of the his life before the Passion, two first-century intellectuals—Flavius Josephus and Philo of Alexandria—chronicled significant moments in Pilate’s rule in Judaea, which shaped the principal elements that have come to define him. By carefully dissecting the complex politics of the Roman governor’s Jewish critics, Schiavone suggests concerns and sensitivities among the people that may have informed their widely influential claims, especially as the beginnings of Christianity neared. Against

Who reads Pontius Pilate : deciphering a memory?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Aldo Schiavonne, Jeremy Carden
Publisher
W. W. Norton
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9781631492365
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Historical Fiction, History, Historical
Rating
3.13 / 5 (30 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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