ZEALOT: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Aslan, Reza

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E-newsletter Twelve months: 2013
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#1 “NEW YORK TIMES” BESTSELLER From the internationally bestselling author of “No god but God” comes an inspiring, keen, and meticulously researched biography that challenges lengthy-held assumptions referring to the man all americans knows as Jesus of Nazareth. Two thousand years in the past, an itinerant Jewish preacher and miracle worker walked all the diagram thru the Galilee, gathering followers to assign what he known as the “Kingdom of God.” The innovative gallop he launched was so threatening to the established divulge that he was captured, tortured, and completed as a tell criminal. Inner decades after his coarse loss of life, his followers would call him God. Sifting thru centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new gentle on view to be one of historical previous’s most influential and enigmatic characters by inspecting Jesus thru the lens of the tumultuous skills wherein he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor. Scores of Jewish prophets, preachers, and would-be messiahs wandered thru the Holy Land, bearing messages from God. This was the age of zealotry–a eager nationalism that made resistance to the Roman occupation a sacred duty incumbent on all Jews. And few figures better exemplified this precept than the charismatic Galilean who defied each the imperial authorities and their allies in the Jewish non secular hierarchy. Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels towards the historical sources, Aslan describes a man plump of conviction and ardour, but rife with contradiction; a man of peace who exhorted his followers to arm themselves with swords; an exorcist and faith healer who entreated his disciples to withhold his identity a secret; and after all the seditious “King of the Jews” whose promise of liberation from Rome went unfulfilled in his transient lifetime. Aslan explores the the explanation why the early Christian church most standard to promulgate an utter of Jesus as a soundless non secular trainer as adverse to a politically conscious innovative. And he grapples with the riddle of how Jesus understood himself, the mystery that is at the coronary heart of all subsequent claims about his divinity. ” Zealot” yields a contemporary point of view on view to be one of the most finest experiences ever told at the same time as it affirms the radical and transformative nature of Jesus of Nazareth’s existence and mission. The quit result is a view-frightening, elegantly written biography with the center beat of a snappy-paced original: a singularly finest portrait of a man, a time, and the starting up of a faith. Reward for “Zealot”” ” “Aslan brings a elegant standard vogue, shorn of all jargon, to undergo on the presentation of Jesus of Nazareth. . . . You assign now not favor to lose your faith to learn worthy that is vitally germane to its historical previous from Aslan’s engrossing, reader-qualified e book.”–“Booklist “(starred review) “Be told, expensive reader, Sunday college this is now not. Yet Aslan would possibly per chance perhaps well additionally impartial reach as shut as one can to respecting of us who revere Jesus because the peace-loving, flip-the-different-cheek, impartial son of God depicted in as a lot as the moment Christianity, at the same time as he knocks down that utter.”–“The Seattle Times”” ” ” Aslan’s] literary skills is as essential to the quit of “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” as are his scholarly and journalistic chops. . . . A shimmering, persuasive portrait of the sector and societies wherein Jesus lived and the characteristic he in all chance played in each.”–Salon “Compulsively readable and written at a most standard stage, this very finest work is extremely instantaneous.”–“Publishers Weekly “(starred review) #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A meticulously researched biography that challenges lengthy-held assumptions about Jesus, from the host of CNN’s Believer NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Perfect Housekeeping – Booklist – Publishers Weekly – Bookish Two thousand years in the past, an itinerant Jewish preacher and miracle worker walked all the diagram thru the Galilee, gathering followers to assign what he known as the “Kingdom of God.” The innovative gallop he launched was so threatening to the established divulge that he was captured, tortured, and completed as a tell criminal. Inner decades after his coarse loss of life, his followers would call him God. Sifting thru centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new gentle on view to be one of historical previous’s most influential and enigmatic characters by inspecting Jesus thru the lens of the tumultuous skills wherein he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor. Scores of Jewish prophets, preachers, and would-be messiahs wandered thru the Holy Land, bearing messages from God. This was the age of zealotry–a eager nationalism that made resistance to the Roman occupation a sacred duty incumbent on all Jews. And few figures better exemplified this precept than the charismatic Galilean who defied each the imperial authorities and their allies in the Jewish non secular hierarchy. Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels towards the historical sources, Aslan describes a man plump of conviction and ardour, but rife with contradiction; a man of peace who exhorted his followers to arm themselves with swords; an exorcist and faith healer who entreated his disciples to withhold his identity a secret; and after all the seditious “King of the Jews” whose promise of liberation from Rome went unfulfilled in his transient lifetime. Aslan explores the the explanation why the early Christian church most standard to promulgate an utter of Jesus as a soundless non secular trainer as adverse to a politically conscious innovative. And he grapples with the riddle of how Jesus understood himself, the mystery that is at the coronary heart of all subsequent claims about his divinity. Zealot yields a contemporary point of view on view to be one of the most finest experiences ever told at the same time as it affirms the radical and transformative nature of Jesus of Nazareth’s existence and mission. The quit result is a view-frightening, elegantly written biography with the center beat of a snappy-paced original: a singularly finest portrait of a man, a time, and the starting up of a faith. Reward for Zealot “Riveting . . . Aslan synthesizes Scripture and scholarship to impact an contemporary yarn.” — The New Yorker “A lucid, vivid web page-turner.” –Los Angeles Times “Fascinatingly and convincingly drawn . . . Aslan would possibly per chance perhaps well additionally impartial reach as shut as one can to respecting of us who revere Jesus because the peace-loving, flip-the-different-cheek, impartial son of God depicted in as a lot as the moment Christianity, at the same time as he knocks down that utter.” — The Seattle Times ” Aslan’s] literary skills is as essential to the quit of Zealot as are his scholarly and journalistic chops. . . . A shimmering, persuasive portrait.” — Salon “This stressful-minded, deeply political e book does plump justice to the right Jesus, and honors him in the approach.” — San Francisco Chronicle #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Perfect Housekeeping Booklist Publishers Weekly Bookish From the internationally bestselling author of No god but God comes an inspiring, keen, and meticulously researched biography that challenges lengthy-held assumptions referring to the man all americans knows as Jesus of Nazareth. Two thousand years in the past, an itinerant Jewish preacher and miracle worker walked all the diagram thru the Galilee, gathering followers to assign what he known as the Kingdom of God. The innovative gallop he launched was so threatening to the established divulge that he was captured, tortured, and completed as a tell criminal. Inner decades after his coarse loss of life, his followers would call him God. Sifting thru centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new gentle on view to be one of historical previous s most influential and enigmatic characters by inspecting Jesus thru the lens of the tumultuous skills wherein he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor. Scores of Jewish prophets, preachers, and would-be messiahs wandered thru the Holy Land, bearing messages from God. This was the age of zealotry a eager nationalism that made resistance to the Roman occupation a sacred duty incumbent on all Jews. And few figures better exemplified this precept than the charismatic Galilean who defied each the imperial authorities and their allies in the Jewish non secular hierarchy. Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels towards the historical sources, Aslan describes a man plump of conviction and ardour, but rife with contradiction; a man of peace who exhorted his followers to arm themselves with swords; an exorcist and faith healer who entreated his disciples to withhold his identity a secret; and after all the seditious King of the Jews whose promise of liberation from Rome went unfulfilled in his transient lifetime. Aslan explores the the explanation why the early Christian church most standard to promulgate an utter of Jesus as a soundless non secular trainer as adverse to a politically conscious innovative. And he grapples with the riddle of how Jesus understood himself, the mystery that is at the coronary heart of all subsequent claims about his divinity. Zealot yields a contemporary point of view on view to be one of the most finest experiences ever told at the same time as it affirms the radical and transformative nature of Jesus of Nazareth s existence and mission. The quit result is a view-frightening, elegantly written biography with the center beat of a snappy-paced original: a singularly finest portrait of a man, a time, and the starting up of a faith. Reward for Zealot Riveting . . . Aslan synthesizes Scripture and scholarship to impact an contemporary yarn. The New Yorker A lucid, vivid web page-turner. Los Angeles Times Fascinatingly and convincingly drawn . . . Aslan would possibly per chance perhaps well additionally impartial reach as shut as one can to respecting of us who revere Jesus because the peace-loving, flip-the-different-cheek, impartial son of God depicted in as a lot as the moment Christianity, at the same time as he knocks down that utter. The Seattle Times Aslan s] literary skills is as essential to the quit of Zealot as are his scholarly and journalistic chops. . . . A shimmering, persuasive portrait. Salon This stressful-minded, deeply political e book does plump justice to the right Jesus, and honors him in the approach. San Francisco Chronicle “ From the internationally bestselling author of “No god but God” comes an inspiring, keen, and meticulously researched biography that challenges lengthy-held assumptions referring to the man all americans knows as Jesus of Nazareth. Two thousand years in the past, an itinerant Jewish preacher and miracle worker walked all the diagram thru the Galilee, gathering followers to assign what he known as the “Kingdom of God.” The innovative gallop he launched was so threatening to the established divulge that he was captured, tortured, and completed as a tell criminal. Inner decades after his coarse loss of life, his followers would call him God. Sifting thru centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new gentle on view to be one of historys most influential and enigmatic characters by inspecting Jesus thru the lens of the tumultuous skills wherein he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor. Scores of Jewish prophets, preachers, and would-be messiahs wandered thru the Holy Land, bearing messages from God. This was the age of zealotry–a eager nationalism that made resistance to the Roman occupation a sacred duty incumbent on all Jews. And few figures better exemplified this precept than the charismatic Galilean who defied each the imperial authorities and their allies in the Jewish non secular hierarchy. Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels towards the historical sources, Aslan describes a man plump of conviction and ardour, but rife with contradiction; a man of peace who exhorted his followers to arm themselves with swords; an exorcist and faith healer who entreated his disciples to withhold his identity a secret; and after all the seditious “King of the Jews” whose promise of liberation from Rome went unfulfilled in his transient lifetime. Aslan explores the the explanation why the early Christian church most standard to promulgate an utter of Jesus as a soundless non secular trainer as adverse to a politically conscious innovative. And he grapples with the riddle of how Jesus understood himself, the mystery that is at the coronary heart of all subsequent claims about his divinity. ” Zealot” yields a contemporary point of view on view to be one of the most finest experiences ever told at the same time as it affirms the radical and transformative nature of Jesus of Nazareths existence and mission. The quit result is a view-frightening, elegantly written biography with the center beat of a snappy-paced original: a singularly finest portrait of a man, a time, and the starting up of a faith. Reward for Reza Aslans “No god but God”A finalist for the “Guardian” First Book Award “Grippingly narrated and thoughtfully examined . . . a literate, accessible introduction to Islam.””–The New York Times”” ” “Aslan gives an functional introduction to the forces that possess formed Islam on this] eloquent, erudite paean to Islam in all of its complex glory.””–Los Angeles Times Book Evaluation” “Sensible and passionate . . . an incisive, scholarly primer in Muslim historical previous and an participating deepest exploration.””–The New York Times Book Evaluation”” ” “Acutely perceptive . . . For a huge range of panicked Muslims, this e book will undoubtedly feel like a revelation, an opening up of files too lengthy buried.”–“The Just” (U.Ok.) “Thoroughly participating and excellently written . . . Whereas Aslan] would possibly per chance perhaps well well snarl to be a mere student of the Islamic Reformation, he will be view to be one of its most issue advocates.””–The Oregonian”

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ISBN-10 140006922X
ISBN-13 9781400069224
eBay Product ID (ePID) 160157327

Key Crucial aspects
Author Reza Aslan
Quantity Of Pages 336 pages
Layout Hardcover
E-newsletter Date 2013-07-16
Language English
Publisher Random Home Publishing Group
E-newsletter Twelve months 2013

Additional Crucial aspects
Copyright Date 2013
Illustrated Journey

Dimensions
Weight 19.7 Ounces19459027]
High 1.1 In.
Width 6.6 In.
Length 9.5 In.

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Classification Methodology
LCCN 2013-941682
LC Classification Quantity BT301.3.A85 2013
Dewey Decimal 232.9/01 B
Dewey Version 23

Opinions
“Aslan brings a elegant standard vogue, shorn of all jargon, to undergo on the presentation of Jesus of Nazareth. . . . He’s now not attracted to attacking faith or even the church, worthy less in comparing Christianity unfavorably to 1 other faith. He would possess us like Jesus as view to be one of the most assorted would-be messiahs who sprang up for the interval of Rome’s occupation of Palestine, keen by zeal for ‘strict adherence to the Torah and the Regulation,’ refusal to aid a human master, and devotion to God, and therefore dedicated to throwing off Rome and repudiating Roman faith. . . . You assign now not favor to lose your faith to learn worthy that is vitally germane to its historical previous from Aslan’s engrossing, reader-qualified e book.” — Booklist (starred review) “Be told, expensive reader, Sunday college this is now not. Yet Aslan would possibly per chance perhaps well additionally impartial reach as shut as one can to respecting of us who revere Jesus because the peace-loving, flip-the-different-cheek, impartial son of God depicted in as a lot as the moment Christianity, at the same time as he knocks down that utter. . . . Aslan is steeped in the historical previous, languages and scriptural foundation of the biblical student and is a undoubtedly obvious author with an authoritative, but now not pedantic, disclose. These of us who wade into this genre usually know the diagram rare that is. . . . Fascinatingly and convincingly drawn.” — The Seattle Times “[Aslan’s] literary skills is as essential to the quit of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth as are his scholarly and journalistic chops. . . . A shimmering, persuasive portrait of the sector and societies wherein Jesus lived and the characteristic he in all chance played in each. . . . Enthralling.” –Salon “Accessibly and strongly supplied . . . Readable and with scholarly endnotes, Aslan’s e book gives a historical point of view that is sure to generate intelligent conversation.” — Library Journal “A correctly-researched, readable biography of Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus of Nazareth is now not the the same as Jesus Christ. The Gospels are now not historical documents. . . . Why has Christianity taken withhold and flourished? This e book gives you the answers.” — Kirkus Opinions (starred review) “[Aslan] substances vital curtain that has lengthy hidden from survey the man Jesus. . . . Aslan develops a convincing and coherent memoir of how the Christian church, and seriously Paul, reshaped Christianity’s essence, obscuring the very right man who was Jesus of Nazareth. Compulsively readable and written at a most standard stage, this very finest work is extremely instantaneous.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A valorous, powerfully argued revisioning of the most consequential existence ever lived.” –Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-obliging author of Going Definite: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Penal complex of Belief “The memoir of Jesus of Nazareth is arguably the most influential legend in human historical previous. Right here Reza Aslan writes vividly and insightfully referring to the existence and that approach of the determine who has reach to be seen by billions because the Christ of faith. It is a outlandish and revealing work, one that believer and skeptic alike will rep hideous, participating, and contemporary.” –Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-obliging author of Thomas Jefferson: The Artwork of Energy “In Zealot , Reza Aslan would not impartial synthesize analysis and reimagine a misplaced world, though he does these issues totally. He does for non secular historical previous what Bertolt Brecht did for playwriting. Aslan rips Jesus out of your whole contexts we view he belonged in and holds him forth as anyone fully new. This is Jesus as a passionate Jew, a violent innovative, a fanatical ideologue, an unprecedented and upsetting and terribly inspiring man.” –Judith Shulevitz, author of The Sabbath World From the Hardcover version. “Riveting . . . Aslan synthesizes Scripture and scholarship to impact an contemporary yarn.” — The New Yorker “A lucid, vivid web page-turner.” –Los Angeles Times “Aslan”s insistence on human and historical actuality seems to be far extra inspiring than dogmatic theology. . . . This stressful-minded, deeply political e book does plump justice to the right Jesus, and honors him in the approach.” — San Francisco Chronicle “Aslan brings a elegant standard vogue, shorn of all jargon, to undergo on the presentation of Jesus of Nazareth. . . . He isn”t attracted to attacking faith or even the church, worthy less in comparing Christianity unfavorably to 1 other faith. He would possess us like Jesus as view to be one of the most assorted would-be messiahs who sprang up for the interval of Rome”s occupation of Palestine, keen by zeal for ”strict adherence to the Torah and the Regulation,” refusal to aid a human master, and devotion to God, and therefore dedicated to throwing off Rome and repudiating Roman faith. . . . You don”t favor to lose your faith to learn worthy that”s vitally germane to its historical previous from Aslan”s engrossing, reader-qualified e book.” — Booklist (starred review) “Be told, expensive reader, Sunday college this isn”t. Yet Aslan would possibly per chance perhaps well additionally impartial reach as shut as one can to respecting of us who revere Jesus because the peace-loving, flip-the-different-cheek, impartial son of God depicted in as a lot as the moment Christianity, at the same time as he knocks down that utter. . . . Aslan is steeped in the historical previous, languages and scriptural foundation of the biblical student and is a undoubtedly obvious author with an authoritative, but now not pedantic, disclose. These of us who wade into this genre usually know the diagram rare that is. . . . Fascinatingly and convincingly drawn.” — The Seattle Times “[Aslan”s] literary skills is as essential to the quit of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth as are his scholarly and journalistic chops. . . . A shimmering, persuasive portrait of the sector and societies wherein Jesus lived and the characteristic he in all chance played in each. . . . Enthralling.” –Salon “Accessibly and strongly supplied . . . Readable and with scholarly endnotes, Aslan”s e book gives a historical point of view that is sure to generate intelligent conversation.” — Library Journal “A correctly-researched, readable biography of Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus of Nazareth is now not the the same as Jesus Christ. The Gospels are now not historical documents. . . . Why has Christianity taken withhold and flourished? This e book gives you the answers.” — Kirkus Opinions (starred review) “[Aslan] substances vital curtain that has lengthy hidden from survey the man Jesus. . . . Aslan develops a convincing and coherent memoir of how the Christian church, and seriously Paul, reshaped Christianity”s essence, obscuring the very right man who was Jesus of Nazareth. Compulsively readable and written at a most standard stage, this very finest work is extremely instantaneous.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A valorous, powerfully argued revisioning of the most consequential existence ever lived.” –Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-obliging author of Going Definite: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Penal complex of Belief “The memoir of Jesus of Nazareth is arguably the most influential legend in human historical previous. Right here Reza Aslan writes vividly and insightfully referring to the existence and that approach of the determine who has reach to be seen by billions because the Christ of faith. It is a outlandish and revealing work, one that believer and skeptic alike will rep hideous, participating, and contemporary.” –Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-obliging author of Thomas Jefferson: The Artwork of Energy “In Zealot , Reza Aslan doesn”t impartial synthesize analysis and reimagine a misplaced world, though he does these issues totally. He does for non secular historical previous what Bertolt Brecht did for playwriting. Aslan rips Jesus out of your whole contexts we view he belonged in and holds him forth as anyone fully new. Procedure praise for Zealot “A valorous, powerfully argued revisioning of the most consequential existence ever lived.” -Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Going Definite: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Penal complex of Belief “The memoir of Jesus of Nazareth is arguably the most influential legend in human historical previous. Right here Reza Aslan writes vividly and insightfully referring to the existence and that approach of the determine who has reach to be seen by billions because the Christ of faith. It is a outlandish and revealing work, one that believer and skeptic alike will rep hideous, participating, and contemporary.” -Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Thomas Jefferson: The Artwork of Energy “In Zealot , Reza Aslan would not impartial synthesize analysis and reimagine a misplaced world, though he does these issues totally. He does for non secular historical previous what Bertolt Brecht did for playwriting. Aslan rips Jesus out of your whole contexts we view he belonged in and holds him forth as anyone fully new. This is Jesus as a passionate Jew, a violent innovative, a fanatical ideologue, an unprecedented and upsetting and terribly inspiring man.” -Judith Shulevitz, author of The Sabbath World From the Hardcover version. Reward for Reza Aslan’s No god but God A finalist for the Guardian First Book Award “Grippingly narrated and thoughtfully examined . . . a literate, accessible introduction to Islam.” -The New York Times “Aslan gives an functional introduction to the forces that possess formed Islam [in this] eloquent, erudite paean to Islam in all of its complex glory.” -Los Angeles Times Book Evaluation “Sensible and passionate . . . an incisive, scholarly primer in Muslim historical previous and an participating deepest exploration.” -The New York Times Book Evaluation “Acutely perceptive . . . For a huge range of panicked Muslims, this e book will undoubtedly feel like a revelation, an opening up of files too lengthy buried.”- The Just (U.Ok.) “Thoroughly participating and excellently written . . . Whereas [Aslan] would possibly per chance perhaps well well snarl to be a mere student of the Islamic Reformation, he will be view to be one of its most issue advocates.” -The Oregonian

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