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Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture (Reprint Edition) by Marvin Harris Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1989 ISBN-10: 0-679-72468-0 / 0679724680 ISBN-13: 978-0-679-72468-1 / 9780679724681 The gospels claim that Pilate made this offer because he himself believed that Jesus was innocent. But Pilate, you will recall, was a tricky, heavy-fisted military hard-liner who kept having trouble with the Jerusalem mob. According to Josephus, Pilate once lured several thousand people into the |