Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth - Reza Aslan
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Written by Reza Aslan
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From the internationally bestselling author of No god but God comes a fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography that challenges long-held assumptions about the man we know as Jesus of Nazareth.
Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher and miracle worker walked across the Galilee, gathering followers to establish what he called the “Kingdom of God.” The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the established order that he was captured, tortured, and executed as a state criminal.
Within decades after his shameful death, his followers would call him God.
Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history’s most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor. Scores of Jewish prophets, preachers, and would-be messiahs wandered through the Holy Land, bearing messages from God. This was the age of zealotry—a fervent nationalism that made resistance to the Roman occupation a sacred duty incumbent on all Jews. And few figures better exemplified this principle than the charismatic Galilean who defied both the imperial authorities and their allies in the Jewish religious hierarchy.
Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels against the historical sources, Aslan describes a man full of conviction and passion, yet rife with contradiction; a man of peace who exhorted his followers to arm themselves with swords; an exorcist and faith healer who urged his disciples to keep his identity a secret; and ultimately the seditious “King of the Jews” whose promise of liberation from Rome went unfulfilled in his brief lifetime. Aslan explores the reasons why the early Christian church preferred to promulgate an image of Jesus as a peaceful spiritual teacher rather than a politically conscious revolutionary. And he grapples with the riddle of how Jesus understood himself, the mystery that is at the heart of all subsequent claims about his divinity.
Zealot yields a fresh perspective on one of the greatest stories ever told even as it affirms the radical and transformative nature of Jesus of Nazareth’s life and mission. The result is a thought-provoking, elegantly written biography with the pulse of a fast-paced novel: a singularly brilliant portrait of a man, a time, and the birth of a religion.
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This post has 12 comments
October 19th, 2013
This is funny a Muslim Writing about Jesus that’s rich! Made me laugh for a few minutes!
December 11th, 2013
@Brad
Are there any factual errors in the book you would like to point out, or are you just proud to be a moron?
December 28th, 2013
To Brad — if you KNEW anything about this work, you’d already know that despite being born & raised Muslim, Mr. Aslan converted to Christianity at a very young age. This book is a scholarly work based on years of research into the life of Jesus and so maybe you OUGHT to read (or listen) to the book and you might know what you’re talking about for a change!
January 21st, 2014
Charlita, he may have converted to Christianity at age 15, but as his Wikipedia page states, he later converted back to Islam. So he is currently a Muslim.
As a Muslim who converted to Christianity, and then converted back to Islam, he obviously has a bias writing about Jesus. He also seems like someone who is very wishy-washy about his beliefs, since he is able to convert and re-convert to different faiths so easily.
February 13th, 2014
I’ll have to put this on my list to read. A Muslim writing about Jesus sounds like it would be an interesting read for an atheist.
P.s. Religion was made up my men so they didn’t have to keep telling their kids “I don’t know where we came from…”now shut up, drink your goat milk and eat your worms before they die..!!!”
May 17th, 2014
so it is fine for a Christian to write about Islam as he would of course show no bias but a Muslim would. I think its you who are showing the bias Brad
June 26th, 2015
Am I the only one aware that Muslims believe that Jesus (Isa) is a prophet? Not only is he a prophet, but he is the messiah (al-masih). However, why any of this should matter in a scholarly treatment of Jesus, I’m unsure.
July 22nd, 2015
Not only that, but the prophet Muhammad taught that all other religions should be respected.
February 1st, 2016
having read all of the above, hahahahaaaa
February 1st, 2016
anything about the quality of torrent? anyone? ~still laughing~
October 13th, 2017
I love this, people are assuming that because he’s a muslim, he will somehow paint a horrific portrait of jesus. The author is a scholar of religious history, he has studied for over 20 years in this field and therefor is certainly way more qualified to talk about Jesus’s life than the average christian. I wonder if the reaction would be so visceral if the author was a Buddhist or a Sikh. I’ve seen interviews with the man and he actually cites jesus as one of his heroes. People just cant see past the fact that he’s a muslim
February 21st, 2020
Aslan’s view here isn’t too dissimilar to the consensus among scholars studying the historical Jesus, guided by contemporary (to Jesus) accounts of Palestine. Judea, Samaria, and Galilee were hotbeds of insurrection against Rome, many motivated by apocalyptic messianism. Crucifixion was a punishment reserved for political insurrection, and the word translated as “thieves” in modern biblical translations had the meaning bandit/rebel. Paul of Tarsus, who knew little to nothing of Jesus, is the real origin of Christianity as we know it.
What Aslan adds is a highly readable account of the mileau of 1st century Palestine, the stench of Temple sacrifice, the Jewish sicarii stabbing collaborators and disappearing into crowds, the many miracle workers/faith healers, the ascetics at Qumran.
The major fault I see is the lack of attribution to others like Robert Eisenman who arrived at similar conclusions.
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