Pontius Pilate
On Palm Sunday, Mark Tully assesses one of the main characters of Holy Week: Pontius Pilate. Was he a coward for washing his hands of the crucifixion of Jesus or a servant of God?
On Palm Sunday, Mark Tully assesses one of the principle characters of Holy Week: Pontius Pilate. Was he a coward for washing his hands of the crucifixion of Jesus, or a servant of God?
Drawing from poetry by Carol Ann Duffy and J Barrie Shepherd, and music by Arvo Part and Johann Sebastian Bach, Mark considers a range of opinions about Pilate - from compassionate and remorseful, to cold hearted and callous.
He also considers the modern relevance of Pontius Pilate's decision to put the fate of Jesus in the hands of the crowd, and to bow to public opinion rather than take responsibility himself.
Producer: Adam Fowler
A 7Digital production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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Arvo P盲rt
Jesus is Judged by Pilate and Reviled by the People (feat. Tonus Peregrinus)
- Naxos.
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Seal
Mad World
- Virgin.
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Curt Cacioppo
Women at the Cross: Procula (feat. Quartetto di Venezia)
- Navona Records.
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Rolf Martinsson, Jeanette Kohn & Henrik Hagerstrom
Lukaspassionen: Recitativ, solo och k枚r, pilatus kallade samman (feat. Gustav Sjokvist Chamber Choir)
- Ictus.
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Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury & Richard Farnes
When I Survey The Wondrous Cross (feat. John Bowen)
- Classic FM.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
St. John Passion BWV 245 (Johannes-Passion), Second Part: Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine (Nr.67: Chor) (feat. Berliner Symphoniker)
- Warner Classics.
Readings
Title: Confessions of Pontius Pilate听
Author: Frabicius Albinus
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Title: The Face of Pontius Pilate听
Author: J Barrie Shepherd
Published by Wipf and Stock Publishers
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Title: The Wife of Pontius Pilate听
Author: Carol Ann Duffy
Found in The World's Wife published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux听
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Title: Pontius Pilate
Author: Roger Caillois听
Published by University of Virginia Press
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Title: Public Opinion听
Published by the Spectator, 1844
Broadcasts
- Sun 9 Apr 2017 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 9 Apr 2017 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4