The Apocryphal Jesus. Episode 12, The Apocrypha and Pilate's Sanctification.
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David Brakke
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2017.
In the early centuries, Christianity became a Roman religion, which created awkwardness given that the Roman Pontius Pilate crucified Jesus. Find out how certain apocryphal texts - including the Gospel of Nicodemus, also known as the Acts of Pilate - dealt with this problem by recasting Pilate as a sympathetic figure and, ultimately, a Christian saint.