The Acts of Pilate [Paperback]

W. D. Mahan (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1997 | ISBN-10: 0892281278 | ISBN-13: 978-0892281275

This book is a compilation of extra-biblical records purporting to provide additional evidence about the life and work of Jesus Christ, originally published in the mid-ninteenth century.

Product Details

• Paperback: 215 pages
• Publisher: Impact Christian Books (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892281278
• ISBN-13: 978-0892281275
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,580,215 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another "Hidden in the Vatican Library" Story, October 19, 2002

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Virgil Brown (White Oak, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Acts of Pilate (Paperback)

It is too bad that the Reverend W.D. Mahan really did not shelter a Mr Whydaman in the winter of 1856 who really had seen the documents found in Mahan's book. It would be wonderful to read an authentic interview of the Three Shepherds. It would be wonderful to read an authentic report of Pontius Pilate to Caesar. And it would be wonderful to read the report of Caiaphas concerning the execution of Jesus... if these documents were authentic.

_The Acts of Pilate_ begins with transcripts of letters between Mahan and Whydaman wherein Mahan pretends to procure transcripts of copies from the Vatican. Mahan did his homework fairly well. He includes some authentic details. However there are some flaws as noted by Edgar John Goodspeed in _Strange New Gospels_ (pub 1931).

17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 'Milk the Christians' time is here again, October 26, 2002

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Demon Teddy Bear - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Acts of Pilate (Paperback)

This book is a notorious fraud from the 19th century.

It pretends to be contemporary accounts of the death etc of Jesus. Actually they're all bogus. The editor expanded this book into the 'Archko' volume, but was caught because he created some of his 'ancient' documents by copying verbatim from the novel 'Ben Hur'.

The motive appears to have been money, and the intended victims rural Christians with no way to check his claims.

Full details are available in E.J.Goodspeed's "Strange New Gospels", which is online. In the late 19th century a fair few people had a go at making money this way, targetting different groups. Mahan's effort is the only one still circulating, but Goodspeed details a collection of them.

11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, November 22, 1999

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Daniel Wathen (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Acts of Pilate (Paperback)

This really isn't a book from an author's particular point of view. It is a compilation of eye witness accounts of contemporaries of Jesus translated into English from the original languages. It contains accounts from friends and family of Jesus, Jewish religious people and Roman government authorities. I believe this book to be very reliable.