Pilate and Jesus

Pontius Pilate is one of the most enigmatic figures in Christian theology. The only non-Christian to be named in the Nicene Creed, he is presented as a cruel colonial overseer in secular accounts, as a conflicted judge convinced of Jesus''s innocence in the Gospels, and as either a pious Christian or a virtual demon in later Christian writings. This book takes Pilate''s role in the trial of Jesus ...