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Title: Memoirs of Pontius Pilate : A Novel by James R. Mills ISBN: 0-345-44350-0 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 27 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.07 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The biography Pilate himself might have written.
Comment: Although it is a work of fiction, "Memoirs of Pontius Pilate" comes close to deserving a place in the history section. Much of this well-researched book is devoted to Pilate's own biography of Jesus; nevertheless, there is enough supplementary material here to leave the reader a bit more knowledgeable on the history of Roman Palestine.
Mills' Pilate begins with an introductory discussion about the Jewish people (written from a perspective that feels authentically Roman). The rest of the book traces the life of Jesus from the Nativity to the Crucifixion, after which the exiled former procurator adds his own views on the events that he had just described. Throughout the work Pilate remains sufficiently sceptical of the miracles and odd "coincidences" that his spies report to him, but the reader soon realises that this Roman is at least open to the possibility that the "strange carpenter" may actually be who he says he is.
A word of caution, though: readers who insist on seeing a cruel, heartless tyrant of a governor in this book will be sorely disappointed. Though the historical Pontius Pilatus may have been a man who truly deserves the wicked reputation he is cursed with today, would he have written about himself that way? In all certainty he would have described actions we now see as barbaric within the context of his own culture and upbringing; that is, he would have said that he was simply "doing his job" when he mowed down the Samartians on Mount Gerizim and threatened to hack a crown of Jews to death in Caesarea. Out of his love for Rome, his loyalty to Caesar and perhaps even his own strange form of concern for the well-being of the Jewish people, he did what he felt he had to do.
I am no relativist. From the very little that we know about Pilate, there is no doubt that he was -- to put it bluntly -- a very bad man. But it would be ridiculous to assume that he would have seen himself as anything other than a devoted public servant who tried to do his duty well.
Rating: 5
Summary: An interesting interpretation from a different viewpoint.
Comment: This author has come up with a unique concept by novelizing the life of the historical Christ and then telling the story from the point of view of a relatively minor character, Pontius Pilate. As the title suggests, the novel is written in the form of memoirs as Pilate nears the end of his life. Pilate tries to come to some resolution of his own involvement in Jesus's death by reviewing Jesus's life, beginning with the unusual circumstances of his birth and continuing to the genesis of Christianity after his death. The author utilizes plain, accessible language to tell a story which includes a surprising amount of humor. You may not feel sorry for Pilate by the end, but you should at least wonder if perhaps there is more to the story of Jesus than we will ever know. An engaging, thought-provoking book.
Rating: 5
Summary: From a different prospective
Comment: I found this book to be very enjoyable. It told a very well known story from a diffenent prospective. It was easy reading and followed events in a chronological order which made the story flow much better than reading disjointed gospels. It made me see those historic events in a differnt light.
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Title: Pontius Pilate : The Biography of an Invented Man by Ann Wroe ISBN: 0375753974 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 06 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Pontius Pilate by Paul L. Maier ISBN: 0825432960 Publisher: Kregel Publications Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: Acts of Pilate: And Ancient Records Recorded by Contemporaries of Jesus Christ Regarding the Facts Concerning His Birth, Death, Resurrection by W. D. Mahan, W. D. Manan, M. McIntosh, T. H. Twyman ISBN: 0892281278 Publisher: Impact Christian Books, Inc. Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Letters of Pontius Pilate: Written During His Governorship of Judea to His Friend Seneca in Rome by W. P. Crozier ISBN: 1589639480 Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL) Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Crucified Under Pontius Pilate by George D. LeMaitre ISBN: 0741416158 Publisher: Infinity Publishing.com Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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