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Pontius Pilate : deciphering a memory / Aldo Schiavone ; translated by Jeremy Carden.
Van Pelt Library BS2520.P55 S3513 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schiavone, Aldo, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Ponzio Pilato. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Pilate, Pontius, active 1st century.
- Pilate, Pontius.
- Jesus Christ--Trial.
- Jesus Christ.
- Trial of Jesus Christ.
- Jesus Christ--Crucifixion.
- Crucifixion.
- Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
- Governors--Palestine--Biography.
- Governors.
- Palestine--History--To 70 A.D.
- Palestine.
- Middle East--Palestine.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 238 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2017]
- Summary:
- The renowned classicist presents a revisionist portrait of Pontius Pilate that reconstructs the social, religious, and political climates behind his fateful encounters with Jesus.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- One night in the month of Nisan
- Roman Judaea and the work of the fifth prefect
- God and Caesar
- The destiny of the prisoner
- Into the darkness
- Sources and historiography.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Italian as Ponzio Pilato: un enigma tra storia e memoria"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781631492358
- 1631492357
- OCLC:
- 951070921
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