Abstract The present article offers a rejoinder to the reviews of the book They Suffered under Pontius Pilate: Jewish Anti-Roman Resistance and the Crosses at Golgotha . The response replies individually to each of the essays by Christina Gousopoulos, Paul Middleton, Bruce Worthington, Warren Goldstein, and James Crossley. The important issues discussed include the relationship between History and Theology, ideological assumptions and positionality, the nature of the notion of ‘kingdom of God’, the historicity and character of the men crucified along with Jesus, the responsibility of Romans and Jewish authorities in Jesus’ (and others’) crucifixion, the causes of Jesus’ (and others’) crucifixion, the distortions and caricature of the hypothesis about a Jesus involved in anti-Roman resistance, and the potential impact and future of such a hypothesis.
Fernando Bermejo Rubio (Thu,) studied this question.