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Two thousand years back, an itinerant Jewish preacher walked over the Galilee, gathering followers to establish what he called the “Kingdom of God.” The revolutionary movement he released was so threatening to the set up purchase that he was performed as a state criminal. Within decades after his loss of life, his followers would about Zealot: THE LIFE SPAN and Situations of Jesus of Nazareth contact him God.

Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds fresh light on one of history’s most enigmatic statistics by analyzing Jesus through the zoom lens of the tumultuous era where he lived. Balancing the Jesus from the Gospels against the historic sources, Aslan explains a man full of conviction and passion, yet rife with contradiction. He explores the reasons the first Christian church chosen to promulgate a graphic of Jesus being a relaxing spiritual teacher rather than a politically conscious groundbreaking. And he grapples using the riddle of how Jesus realized himself, the mystery that is in the centre of all following promises about his divinity.

Zealot yields a fresh perspective on one of the greatest stories ever informed even while it affirms the radical and transformative character of Jesus’ existence and mission.

Compliment for Zealot

“Riveting . Aslan synthesizes Scripture and scholarship to create a genuine account.”-The New Yorker

“Fascinatingly and convincingly drawn . . . Aslan will come as close as you can to respecting those who revere Jesus as the peace-loving, turn-the-other-cheek, accurate son of God depicted in contemporary Christianity, even as he knocks down that image.”-The Seattle Times

“[Aslan’s] literary skill is as essential to the effect of Zealot as are his scholarly and journalistic chops. . . . A stunning, persuasive family portrait.”-Salon

“This tough-minded, deeply political book does complete justice to the real Jesus, and honors him along the way.”-San Francisco Chronicle

“A particular and revealing function, one which believer and skeptic alike will find astonishing, engaging, and original.”-Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

“Compulsively readable . . . This superb work is highly recommended.”-Publishers Weekly (starred review)