Blicero / christ myth

[Jeremy Osner]

David Morris wrote:

> As for Pilate, he's not necesary.  Why bother w/ such formalities?

There can't be a decapitation without someone to wield the axe.

Seems to me like I remember reading something by Borges in which he
postulated
the existence of a heretical Christian sect that insisted on the
sainthood of
Pilate, without whom there could have been no Passion -- am I mixing up
a
variety of different sources or can anyone back me up here?

Jeremy

--
The right-hand, still untasted part of the novel, which,
during our delectable reading, we would lightly feel,
mechanically testing whether there were still plenty
left (and our fingers were always gladdened by the
placid, faithful thickness) has suddenly, for no reason
at all, become quite meager: a few minutes of quick
reading, already downhill, and -- O horrible!

Invitation to a Beheading
Vladimir Nabokov
http://www.readin.com/books/invitationbeheading/