Book Review Zealot Reza Aslan

When i saw that reza aslan s portrait of jesus zealot.

Book review zealot reza aslan. Aslan means zealot with a small z a real strength of the book is that it provides an introduction to first century palestine including economics politics and religion. The rest of. Aslan argues that jesus was a political rebellious and eschatological end times jew whose proclamation.

He is also the author of how to win a cosmic war. His first book no god but god. The origins evolution and future of islam has been translated into thirteen languages and named by blackwell as one of the hundred most important books of the last decade.

Reza aslan is an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions. The life and times of jesus of nazareth paperbackby reza aslan random house trade paperbacks the first thing that all potential readers must know is this is a book about the historical jesus not jesus christ. H ad reza aslan not been interviewed in a gauche and silly fashion on fox news i doubt this book would be being reviewed at all.

This book has been very controversial largely because of a rather ill conceived and poorly conducted interview on fox news that went viral on the web. The sales of reza aslan s new book zealot. God globalization and the end of the war on.

It is a historical account of the life of jesus and analyzes the various religious perspectives on jesus as well as the creation of christianity. Zealot to be as kind as possible trudges down some very well. The life and times of jesus of nazareth is a book by iranian american writer and scholar reza aslan.

The life and times of jesus of nazareth is a book by iranian american writer and scholar reza aslan it is a historical account of the life of jesus and analyzes the various religious perspectives on jesus as well as the creation of christianity it is a new york times best seller. The life and times of jesus of nazareth by reza aslan. In zealot reza aslan argues that jesus of nazareth was a man at war not a man of peace.