Pilate's wife
Subtitle: by H.D. ; edited and with an introduction by Joan A. Burke.
Contributors: Burke, Joan A.
Publisher: New Directions Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Procula, Claudia -- Fiction.; Pilate, Pontius, 1st cent. -- Fiction.; Jesus Christ -- Crucifixion -- Fiction.; Bible. N.T. -- History of Biblical events -- Fiction.; Governors' spouses -- Palestine -- Fiction.; Women in the Bible -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Veronica, Pontius Pilate's wife, is beautiful, brilliant, and weary of her worldly life. One day she disguises herself as a servant in order to visit a fortune-teller, and when the seer, Mnevis, tells her of a Jew, a "love-god," Veronica suddenly feels alive, experiencing "sudden pre-visions of inner splendor." Jesus arouses the artist, the dreamer in her - this prophet who believes women have an important place in the spiritual hierarchy.

What follows is a chain of events in which Veronica commits the one genuine act of her life, daringly offering Jesus a "way out" of his crucifixion."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.