Also R.G. Mead thought that Mcn was only a pauline collection of sayings:
His Gospel was presumably the collection of Sayings in use among the Pauline churches of his day.
I thought Gregory Doudna speculates that Hyrcanus II was The Teacher Of Righteousness.Giuseppe wrote: ↑Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:12 pm If Doudna is correct about John the Baptist being the Teacher of Righteousness, then it is not at all immediate the implication "the Baptist ---> Pilate".
As I have said elsewhere, Pilate was introduced because a historical killer of the "sons of Joseph" was the best candidate to emphasize (against Marcion) the real suffering of the messiah.