Pilate's Prisoner

Pilate's Prisoner
A Passion Play

Most people know little about Pontius Pilate, even though he is mentioned by name in the Apostle’s Creed and in the Gospels. In this historical and theological novel, Pilate is enfleshed as a historical person, a man of contradictions, and a religious atheist who superstitiously evokes the Roman gods.

In this 21st century Passion Play, Pilate becomes fascinated by an accused man’s noble bearing and keen mind. He ingeniously arranges to have some time alone with this wandering Galilean and illiterate religious teacher named Jesus so they can discuss truth, religion, and death. In their often heated verbal exchanges and arguments, Jesus finds his most deeply held religious beliefs challenged, as Pilate too wrestles with his own assumptions and prejudices.

The purpose of an authentic religion and good religious art and literature is not to comfort, but to challenge—so be prepared to be confronted yourself by this timeless tragedy of the passion and death of Jesus. This novel is not a work of entertainment but of inner-attainment into the most significant of all human experiences: The passion of your own suffering and death.

                                  Illustrated Maps by Edward Hays

Read a review in the National Catholic Reporter newspaper:
  www.ncronline.org/books/2017/08/kansas-sage-reimagines-old-truths

                                  ~ Read an Excerpt, View Maps & the Cast of Characters below ~

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The City of Jerusalem ~ 35 CE

(1) Herod’s Palace
~Gabbatha:
Roman Praetorium
(2) Jaffa—Garden Gate
(3) Road to
Caesarea Maritima
(4) Palace of
Caiaphas & Annas
(5) Herod Antipas Palace

(6) King Herod’s Temple
(7) The Holy of Holies
(8) Roman Fortress Antonia
(9) Pinnacle of the Temple
(10) Way to
Mount of Olives
(11) Golgotha—Skull Place

Map of Palestine

(1) Jerusalem
(2) Jordan River
(3) Jericho
(4) Qumran
(5) Dead Sea
(6) Lydda
(7) Caesarea Maritima
(8) Tyre

(9) City of Samaria
(10) Mount Gerizim
(11) Tirathana
(12) Nazareth
(13) Tiberius
(14) Sea of Galilee
(15) Capernaum
(16) Syria

Cast of Characters

Pontius Pilate, procurator-governor

Jesus of Galilee, the prisoner

Centurion Petronius, Pilate’s military aide

Claudia Procula, wife of Pilate

Lucius, Pilate’s slave, secretary, and mentor

Quintus, Pilate’s personal slave

Marcus, Pilate’s personal slave and bodyguard

Aristocles, Pilate’s slave and assistant scribe

Joseph Caiaphas, high priest

Abarim Jacob, Pilate’s spy in Caiaphas’ household

Zechariah, Caiaphas’ priest messenger

Vitellius, Roman Legate of Syria

Map of Caesarea Maritima

(1) Herod’s Palace
~Residence of
Pontius Pilate
(2) Harbor Port of Caesarea
(3) Warehouses and Docks
(4) Harbor Lighthouse
(5) Temple of
Caesar Augustus
(6) Roman Amphitheater

(7) Roman Theater
(8) Gate to
Lydda and Jerusalem
(9) Galilee Gate
(to the eastern
trade routes)
(10) Gate to Tyre and Sidon
(11) Roman Aqueduct