TY - JOUR AU - Masetti, Lucia PY - 2020/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - “CHE COS’È LA VERITÀ?” IL MONDO VISTO DA PONZIO PILATO JF - Italian Studies in South Africa JA - issa VL - 33 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://italianstudiesinsa.org/index.php/issa/article/view/156 SP - 186-207 AB - <p>In spite of his bad reputation, Pontius Pilate has recently gained popularity thanks to the “modern apocrypha”, i.e. modern rewritings of the gospels.<br>The first part of this essay explains the most probable reasons for this success, while the second part analyses the purposes behind contemporary rewritings of Pilate’s character: understanding the past, on one hand, and re-reading the present from an estranging perspective, on the other.<br>Finally, the third part is dedicated to the current issues reflected in Pilate’s stories: the interactions between the Middle East and the Occident, the distinction between law, justice and its practice, and the emerging of secular ideals and spiritual concerns in the post-Christian culture.</p> ER -