![]() ![]() ![]() I would not recommend this book to a new Christian, or someone insecure in their faith. It’s the kind of pop-history book that a lot of people are going to disagree with, but it’s got a lot to offer someone looking for a greater understanding of Jesus’ world and an important part of who he was as a person. He does a superb job of giving the reader a picture of the world Jesus lived in and the influences that would have had a bearing on his life. ![]() Still, the portrait of Jesus that he paints is worth looking into. Aslan has no problem saying that this part or that part of the Gospel is “pure fiction.” The conclusions he comes to are very worldly, and the Jesus he finds is not the same Jesus any born-again person has found. It’s a bit of a challenge to review this book. ![]() Reza Aslan’s book, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth claims to answer the basics of who Jesus was during his life. Some would even say that the question doesn’t matter, since Jesus is more important as a symbol than the actual person ever could be. Is the Jesus of the Bible the real, historical Jesus? Most of academia would probably say no, that the story found in Scripture has been embellished by religion and that Jesus the man has been lost to time. ![]()
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