Forged: Writing in the Name of God—Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are by Ehrman Bart D

Author:Ehrman, Bart D. [Ehrman, Bart D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion, History, Philosophy, Spirituality
ISBN: 9780062012616
Amazon: 0062012614
Goodreads: 8713068
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 2011-03-22T07:00:00+00:00

THE “PILATE GOSPELS”

A number of writings from about the time of the Gospel of Nicodemus are in one way or another connected with Pontius Pilate and his role in the death of Jesus. Most of these are designed to show that Pilate was not at fault for the death of Jesus and that he felt considerable remorse after the deed was done. In several of these writings we learn that Pilate not only repented of the evil deed, but actually became a believer in Christ. In later Christianity the conversion of Pilate became part of the accepted lore from the early church. In the Coptic church Pilate was eventually canonized as a Christian saint.

Historically, of course, nothing could be farther from the truth. Pilate continued on as a brutal governor of Judea after the death of Jesus. There is nothing in the historical record to suggest that he even remembered having ordered Jesus’s execution, let alone felt regret over it. Still, the reason for his later exoneration and even exaltation in parts of the Christian church is reasonably clear. If Pilate was not responsible for Jesus’s death, then who was? The Jews. The legends of Pilate came to be written in a series of documents that may go back to the fourth Christian century or even earlier. A number of them are allegedly written by Pilate himself. All of them, however, are forged.

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