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Date: July 28, 2020 at 10:32:00
From: Akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Zealot The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth |
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I'm half way through this book and highly recommend it.
Zealot
The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
by Reza Aslan
Book Summary
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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Date: August 01, 2020 at 16:30:29
From: JimW, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Zealot The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth |
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I would like to read the book.
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Date: July 30, 2020 at 23:17:15
From: joe stampingbull, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Excellent book |
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Worth reading. Moslems also need to revise the location
of Mohammed's home town. The evidence points to Petra not
Mecca. That will cause a firestorm if anyone attempts to
change the cities. If any religion one believes in impels
you to kill others, it is not worthy to be believed in.
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Date: August 02, 2020 at 15:15:43
From: Akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Excellent book |
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I just borrowed a book about Islam by the same author, Reza Aslan,
No god but god. Looks interesting. He's written several.
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Date: July 29, 2020 at 18:46:34
From: kay.so.or, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Zealot The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth |
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thanks for posting, hadn't heard of this...sounds worth reading...:-)
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