The film Ben-Hur (1959) 
.... command; the consul Arius (whose life is saved by Judah Ben-Hur and who rescues him from slavery by becoming his adoptive father);
Pontius Pilate, the governor ....
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Poems by Ogden Nash
.... To be sure, Nash intends the reader to laugh, as demonstrated by the final couplet, which crafts an adjective out of a pun on
Pontius Pilate. ....
(2612
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Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita
.... state. In the novel, the artist is represented by the Master, who has written a book about Christ and
Pontius Pilate. The story ....
(1666
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Capital Punishment in Early Rome
.... the world is surely the Roman provincial execution carried out during the reign of Tiberius, around the year AD 27, by order of
Pontius Pilate, Procurator of ....
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Caesar's Public Character
.... but there is no doubt that Julius Caesar himself is the most renowned Roman of them all probably the only Roman, apart perhaps from
Pontius Pilate, whom the ....
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Margaret Atwood's novel The Blind Assassin
.... reasons. She was completely ruthless in that way . . . The white gloves: a
Pontius Pilate gesture. She was washing her hands of me. Of ....
(2779
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Jewish Settlements The "settlement issue" the existence of
.... It was ruled for a time by Herod, a Roman "ally" or client king, then more directly by Roman procurators, of whom
Pontius Pilate is the most notorious. ....
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Michael Walzer on Political Action
.... As a counterpoint to Walzer's expression of "dirty hands" as the inevitable consequence of partaking in policy, we may observe that
Pontius Pilate, in washing ....
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Male characters in 2 Novels
.... The Master with that of the Devil but also because much of the book is taken up with the novel he is writing, the central character of which is
Pontius Pilate. ....
(2496
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Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
.... Elson notes that scientists have certified others mentioned in the Gospels, including
Pontius Pilate and Caiaphas, the high priest supposed to have presided at ....
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