Pilate’s Legal Path to Crucifying JesusThe book has just come out.“He died on the cross for having done the wrong thing (caused a commotion) in the wrong place (the Temple) at the wrong time (just before Passover). Here lies the real tragedy of Jesus the Jew.”[1]
See also Killing the Messiah: the Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus (New York: Oxford University Press, 2025).
By Nathanael Andrade
Chair, Department of History
Binghamton University
March 2025
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