Pontius Pilate is a principal focus of The Inquiry. He is the central figure in another imaginative interpretation of the Gospel story, Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. Before considering the adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis’ The Last Temptation of Christ, some attention needs to be given to Bulgakov (1891-1940, son of a professor of theology). Bulgakov wrote his nov...