Warner Bros. recently acquired Pontius Pilate, a script by Vera Blasi (Woman on Top) about the Roman prefect who presided over Jesus' trial and was convinced by the crowd to sentence Jesus to death. ...

A 2,000-year-old street believed to have been created under the orders of Pontius Pilate has been found in Jerusalem. A research published in Tel Aviv: Journal of the Institute of Archaeology details ...

(RNS) I had forgotten until a short time ago when reminded by a friend that Ziggy Stardust also played Pontius Pilate in “The Last Temptation of Christ.” How could I have overlooked that? Yet another ...

Whether someone believes Jesus was the Son of God is a matter of faith, but his existence as a historical person is a ...

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A central figure of the Passion narratives and one of the best historically established figures of the Christian Testament, Pontius Pilate rarely escapes caricature in portrayals of him. In the ...

Fifty years ago, while excavating at Herodium, near Bethlehem in the West Bank, archaeologist Gideon Forster discovered a bronze ring. It was one of thousands of finds and its discovery did not cause ...

Easter is the single most important date in the Christian calendar and it is preceded by Good Friday, which this year fell on April 2. Good Friday commemorates Jesus Christ's crucifixion, which ...