#1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
"Good Housekeeping - Booklist - Publishers Weekly - Bookish"
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.
Praise for "Zealot"
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"Riveting . . . Aslan synthesizes Scripture and scholarship to
create an original account."--"The New Yorker"
"A lucid, intelligent page-turner.""--Los Angeles Times"
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"Fascinatingly and convincingly drawn . . . Aslan may come as close
as one can to respecting those who revere Jesus as the
peace-loving, turn-the-other-cheek, true son of God depicted in
modern Christianity, even as he knocks down that image."--"The
Seattle Times"
" Aslan's] literary talent is as essential to the effect of
"Zealot" as are his scholarly and journalistic chops. . . . A
vivid, persuasive portrait."--"Salon"
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"This tough-minded, deeply political book does full justice to the
real Jesus, and honors him in the process."--"San Francisco
Chronicle"
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