Comments on: The politics of the Passion http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/ "The thinking Laborite would as lief be found in bed with a cobra as in a committee room armed with 'arguments' from the Tory press." --- Truth, Perth, 19 June 1915. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:29:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jo http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-4834 jo Mon, 04 Oct 2004 02:21:34 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/#comment-4834 can you add some more political reasons pertaining of christ's execution?? can you add some more political reasons pertaining of christ’s execution??

]]> By: Homer Paxton http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-2843 Homer Paxton Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/#comment-2843 quite an interesting essay Rob, I would prefer not to many any bitter, ignorant or inconsistent comment as there are too many areas to cover. I congratulate you on your writing style. quite an interesting essay Rob, I would prefer not to many any bitter, ignorant or inconsistent comment as there are too many areas to cover.
I congratulate you on your writing style.

]]> By: James Russell http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-2844 James Russell Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/#comment-2844 Have you read A.N. Wilson's biog of Jesus (called, funnily enough, Jesus)? Have you read A.N. Wilson’s biog of Jesus (called, funnily enough, Jesus)?

]]> By: Geoff Honnor http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-2845 Geoff Honnor Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/#comment-2845 Now you do know it was gently meant Rob? And Stephen Hill's comment was pretty slick :) Now you do know it was gently meant Rob?
And Stephen Hill’s comment was pretty slick :)

]]> By: Robert http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-2846 Robert Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/#comment-2846 No, I haven't read that book, James. I'll add it to my ever-growing "to read" pile... Geoff, I did indeed know it was gently meant. And very funny, too. No, I haven’t read that book, James. I’ll add it to my ever-growing “to read” pile…

Geoff, I did indeed know it was gently meant. And very funny, too.

]]> By: Norman http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-2847 Norman Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/#comment-2847 There are quite a few problems re consitency, Robert. I'm surprised you feel it's a much of a case for claiming Jesus was a political rebel, in any normal sense of these words. Pilate, for example, is perhaps shown to have had political motivations for RELUCTANTLY changing his position to safeguard himself; but this hardly suggests he saw Christ as a political threat, or even that those who threatened Pilate with a riot Rome wouldn't like, actually did so because they were worried about Jesus's threat to Rome. We're told Jesus stipulated clearly they should "give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's." Pilate even offered the mob an alternative victim for the crucifixion. Surely not the action of a Governor who deemed Jesus a GENUINE revolutionary threat? Then again, in our postmodern academic world, perhaps we mustn't draw too firm a line between history and literature, analysis and poetry? There are quite a few problems re consitency, Robert. I’m surprised you feel it’s a much of a case for claiming Jesus was a political rebel, in any normal sense of these words.
Pilate, for example, is perhaps shown to have had political motivations for RELUCTANTLY changing his position to safeguard himself; but this hardly suggests he saw Christ as a political threat, or even that those who threatened Pilate with a riot Rome wouldn’t like, actually did so because they were worried about Jesus’s threat to Rome.
We’re told Jesus stipulated clearly they should “give unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s.”
Pilate even offered the mob an alternative victim for the crucifixion. Surely not the action of a Governor who deemed Jesus a GENUINE revolutionary threat?
Then again, in our postmodern academic world, perhaps we mustn’t draw too firm a line between history and literature, analysis and poetry?

]]> By: Robert http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-2848 Robert Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2004/02/26/the-politics-of-the-passion/#comment-2848 <em>perhaps we mustn't draw too firm a line between history and literature, analysis and poetry?</em> I think I made it fairly clear that the sources were unreliable. I also made it clear that it was impossible to know whether Pilate considered Jesus a genuine threat, or whether he feared rioting, or something else. I suggested that on balance, there is reason to believe that he executed Jesus as a rebel to be on the safe side. perhaps we mustn’t draw too firm a line between history and literature, analysis and poetry?

I think I made it fairly clear that the sources were unreliable.

I also made it clear that it was impossible to know whether Pilate considered Jesus a genuine threat, or whether he feared rioting, or something else. I suggested that on balance, there is reason to believe that he executed Jesus as a rebel to be on the safe side.

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