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Pontius Pilate was a judge over Israel for many years

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   by   Damien F. Mackey           “Procurator Felix (52-ca. 59 C . E .), as he is depicted in Josephus’ texts, in several ways appears to bear stronger similarities to the Pilate described in the Gospels, than Pilate himself”.   Lena Einhorn             As professor Julius Sumner Miller would have asked:     Why is it that Josephus’s procurator Felix, conventionally dated to c. 50 AD, may better fit the biblical description of Pontius Pilate than does Pilate himself, conventionally at c. 30 AD?      The answer to this question comes fairly easy to a hardened revisionist such as myself.   Similarly, the question is asked - and I have answered it - why does king Nabonidus of Babylon (conventionally dated to c. 540 BC) better fit the Book of Daniel’s description of the Chaldean “King Nebuchednezzar” than does the historical Nebuchednezzar (II) (c. 600 BC, conventional dating) himself?