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| Title: Pontius Pilate in history and interpretation Secondary Title: Monograph series / Society for New Testament Studies; 100 Type: Book Year: 1998 Abstract: "This thesis reconstructs what we know of the historical prefect of Judaea and looks at the way in which he is used as a literary character in the works of six first century authors: Philo, Josephus and the writers of the four gospels. The first chapter gives a general introducton to the history and formation of the imperial Roman province of Judaea and the powers and duties of its equestrian governors with particular reference to Pilate. This draws upon Roman and Jewish sources, both literary and epigraphic. The next two chapters examine the references to Pilate in the Jewish writers Philo and Josephus. The apologetic and theological bias of each author is examined first before going on to consider how this bias has influenced each one's portrayal of Pilate. After this, some considerations is given to the historical events behind the narratives. The next four chapters deal with the portrayal of Pilate in each gospel in turn. After a consideration of the general themes in each evangelist's paassion narrative, each chapter gives a description of how each writer presents the prefect as a literarty character, asking how a first century reader would have understood and interpreted Pilate's actions. When this has been established each chapter asks what this protrayal shows about the author's attitude towards the Roman state, symbolised by Pilate, and what kind of community found this useful. After all four Roman trial narratives in the gospels have been analysed, the possible historical events behind them will be discussed. The conclusiond distingueshes between the "historical Pilate", the Roman knight sent by Tiberius to take charge of the province of Judaea and the different Pilates of interpetations preserved in the writings of six first century Jewish and Christian authors". Keywords: Pilate, Pontius, 1st century. Governors, Palestine, biography. Jews, History, 168 B.C.E.-135 C.E. Philo of Alexandria, contributions in the biography of Pontius Pilate. Flavius Josephus, contributions in the biography of Pontius Pilate. Jewish History: Roman Era |