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- 2017-04-11
- ISBN
- 9781631492358
- EAN
- 9781631492358
- Book Title
- Pontius Pilate : Deciphering a Memory
- Item Length
- 8.6in
- Publisher
- Liveright Publishing Corporation
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Religion, History
- Topic
- Christian Theology / Christology, Biblical Biography / New Testament, Middle East / Israel & Palestine, Historical
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 14.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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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 this historical backdrop, Schiavone offers a dramatic reexamination of Pilate and Jesus's moment of contact, indicating what was likely said between them and identifying lines of dialogue in the Gospels that are arguably fictive. Teasing out subtle but significant contradictions in details, Schiavone shows how certain gestures and utterances have had inestimable consequences over the years. What emerges is a humanizing portrait of Pilate that reveals how he reacted in the face of an almost impossible dilemma: on one hand wishing to spare Jesus's life and on the other hoping to satisfy the Jewish priests who demanded his execution. Simultaneously exploring Jesus's own thought process, the author reaches a stunning conclusion--one that has never previously been argued--about Pilate's intuitions regarding Jesus. While we know almost nothing about what came before or after, for a few hours on the eve of the Passover Pilate deliberated over a fate that would spark an entirely new religion and lift up a weary prisoner forever as the Son of God. Groundbreaking in its analysis and evocative in its narrative exposition, Pontius Pilate is an absorbing portrait of a man who has been relegated to the borders of history and legend for over two thousand years.
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Liveright Publishing Corporation
ISBN-10
1631492357
ISBN-13
9781631492358
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224110413
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pontius Pilate : Deciphering a Memory
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Christian Theology / Christology, Biblical Biography / New Testament, Middle East / Israel & Palestine, Historical
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Religion, History
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.6in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
14.2 Oz
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Bs2520.P55s3513 2017
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A fresh perspective...and, in the process, offers new insights into the final days of Jesus...Schiavone's account nicely lures Pilate out of the shadows, albeit briefly, even providing a measure of rehabilitation., In this slender, elegantly translated work geared towardlay readers, Schiavone navigates between memory--by the four writers of theGospels, especially John, 'the closest to the context of first century Palestine'--andhistory--Josephus and Philo of Alexandria, 'two first-century intellectuals'--tohelp in the reconstruction of these contested events . . . . A levelheaded,engaging reading of the Gospels and historical account that forms a solid senseof this pivotal personage and his role on the epic stage.
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
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2016-056360
Dewey Decimal
226.092
Dewey Edition
23
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Yes
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