(September 15, 2013 at 6:44 pm)Minimalist Wrote: For once in your life you make a good point. Both Philo and Josephus consider Pilate to be an arrogant bastard. A far cry from the hand-wringing, hand-washing, "why-are-you-making-me-do-this" pussy of the gospels.
Additionally, I'd point out that the Herodian family was hardly an orthodox Jewish family. They were quite a far cry from the Maccabeean rulers and had credibility problems with their own population, or at least with the priesthood who would prefer a more pious set of rulers. The Herodians were on very good terms with the Romans, or at least politically savvy enough to pretend to be. I'd like to see some sort of evidence that the Herodian family disliked Pilate aside from the possible motive that Pilate was a brutal Roman ruler and kind of an asshole.
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