AUGUST 30, 2013 – A fierce debate is raging in the U.S. about whether a Muslim academic can write a book on Jesus. The author, Reza Aslan, has written a book, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.
A reviewer in the San Francisco Chronicle says, “‘Zealot’? A biography of Jesus could have no more provocative title. But it turns out to be the perfect one for Reza Aslan’s unearthing (or should that be un-heavening?) of ‘the Jesus before Christianity.’ As he cogently demonstrates, the real Jesus — the radical Jew who preached, agitated, and was executed for his pains — was a far more complex figure than many Christians care to acknowledge.
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