Pilate (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692275252)

Pontious Pilate does not suffer fools well. Yet his reputation for harsh governing hides a just man, who is torn inside between his own sense of moral integrity and his duty to Rome. As Pilate holds court over Passover Jerusalem, a routine civil complaint brings Jesus of Nazareth before the Roman Prefect. Pilate's interrogation of the supposed heretic evolves into a passionately mystical conversation that begins to undue the Prefect of Judea emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. Pilate is faced with a dynamic and engaging Jesus Christ that history has not recorded this intimately before.

As Jesus begins to affect the lives of those around the Prefect, it is Pilate himself who struggles most with the questions his dialectic with Jesus raises about his life and beliefs.

Robert A. Revel uses a powerful encounter between one of the most famous personalities to ever walk the earth, and the man who condemned him to death, to explore themes of individual responsibility, sacrifice, and what it means to be human.