Originally posted by Doug Shaver
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Some vestiges of that belief do, however, remain. Academic resources still on occasion take pains to point out that Pilate actually did exist, and provide the evidence supporting that claim. That kind of approach isn't normally taken with regard to people who are known to have existed. But there is the occasional, very occasional, explicit reference to the mythical Pilate story:
The existence of the discredited concept is remarked upon
Pontius Pilate is remembered in the gospels as the Roman ruler of Judea who caved into a lynch mob's demands and had Jesus crucified. For centuries, some scholars and skeptics argued that the gospel accounts were not historically accurate. Some suggested that Pilate was merely a mythical character, a fictional creation in the Jesus myth.
Pontius Pilate is remembered in the gospels as the Roman ruler of Judea who caved into a lynch mob's demands and had Jesus crucified. For centuries, some scholars and skeptics argued that the gospel accounts were not historically accurate. Some suggested that Pilate was merely a mythical character, a fictional creation in the Jesus myth.
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