Pontius Pilate: Deciphering a Memory by Aldo Schiavone HARDBACK 9781631492358

Name: Pontius Pilate: Deciphering a Memory by Aldo Schiavone HARDBACK 9781631492358
Brand: W W Norton & Co Ltd

W W Norton & Co Ltd

Pontius Pilate: Deciphering a Memory\nby Aldo Schiavone\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Aldo Schiavone\nTitle: Pontius Pilate: Deciphering a Memory\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Biography: historical, political and military\nPublisher: WW Norton & Co\nPublication year: 2017\nISBN-13: 9781631492358\nISBN-10: 1631492357\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThe only historic figure outside the early Christian tradition to whom the Gospels ascribe a dialogue with Jesus is the first-century Roman prefect Pontius Pilate. Presiding over the trial and execution of Jesus, Pilate is a figure who has straddled history and legend for over two thousand years. Now, Aldo Schiavone presents a comprehensive, revisionist biography of Pilate that meticulously reconstructs the social, relig.