Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth - Reza Aslan Audiobook
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Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best History & Biography (2013)
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.
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This post has 14 comments with rating of 5/5
July 24th, 2023
the ancient homeland of the Aramaic people where Jesus spoke Aramaic
July 24th, 2023
Aramaic, just to clear up any confusion, being a Semitic language closely related to Hebrew, & which survived as a spoken language in a number of Jewish communities in the mountainous regions of N. Iraq, SE. Turkey, & W. Iran down to modern times.
In the ancient homeland of the Jewish people, several languages are spoken, including Hebrew quite naturally, with Arabic also, originating in the Arabian peninsula. Always happy to correct any errors there.
July 24th, 2023
there is no such thing as homeland of the Jewish people its imaginary zio myth celebrated by zio evangelists. Jews were nomads from Mesopotamia. Aramaic originated in land of Aramaic people Canaan. Hebrew originated in Mesopotamia. modern Hebrew is fake inferior language created from Arabic because it was a a dead language.
July 24th, 2023
Thanks for this. Always good to learn..and Grow.
July 24th, 2023
First darn hippie.
July 24th, 2023
Utter Jew-hating delusions there. Write them out of history in anticipation of your longed-for genocide, during which you will “feel no pity,” as you already said.
Israel, Judea = “no such thing as homeland of the Jewish people.” Priceless. You couldn’t make it up. (But then you just did.)
July 24th, 2023
This is a fantastic book by a world-renowned religious scholar. One big takeaway (from the book and that most every Christian doesn’t understand) is how Jesus wasn’t talking to everyone with his message but others Jews like himself. Another was how the early church didn’t conjure up his Messiah story until later, his brother being one of the Church founders and never onboard with it. Jesus was a disciple of John the Baptist and carefully avoided behavior that would have him deemed another Messiah, especially after seeing what happened to John.
July 24th, 2023
“…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”
Those are the reasons why I believe there probably was a historical Jesus.
Jesus Was Just A Guy
Jesus had his good days
Jesus had his bad
Mary was his mother
Joseph was his dad
Jesus Was Just A Guy
Jesus had the measles
Jesus had the flu
Jesus had a cold sore
Just like me & you
Jesus Was Just A Guy
- MacLean & MacLean
July 25th, 2023
“The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the established order that he was captured, tortured, and executed as a state criminal.”
And yet there is not a single contemporary mention of him (or his revolutionary movement). Like writing a history of 9/11 without the mention of Bin Laden. He simply never existed.
July 25th, 2023
The theses are clearly problematic, but the non-existence con theory? Where’s the serious scholarly support for that? The old “Jesus didn’t send any tweets” angle.
Jesus/Yeshua is present in Jewish oral tradition, incl the Talmud, Mishna, together with commentary, Gamera. In addition to this we have histories, Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, Tacitus; Thallus (52AD) who is p’haps the earliest secular writer; the Syrian philosopher, Mara Bar-Serapion; the historian, Phlegon, also mentioned by Julius Africanus; Pliny the Younger; Suetonius; Lucian of Samosata; Celsus; etc.
(Even aside from the Gospels, Acts & Epistles - generic historical chronicles.)
The earliest Pauline Epistle has been dated to possibly six years after the crucifixion of Jesus/Yeshua. This proximity (even the proximity of several decades) is remarkable for the contemporary circumstances; also for a non-elite member of society, in what was essentially an imperial backwater.
Moreover, regarding technical & practical considerations of historiography, it must always be noted that all the writings we have concerning Jesus/Yeshua are, of necessity & by definition, the surviving writings. Potentially, there were always more records, histories, chronicles & epistles which do not come down to us. For inst, there would have been many more Pauline Epistles, responses, correspondence, in addition to writings relating to & by activists, supporters & opponents. Consider also: this was a persecuted minority, often literally underground. Often we have references to, & synopses/epitomes, of works which have not survived (this is true of many of the writings of Tacitus himself, for example).
It is also a critical point that culture at the time was far less literary & more oral in character, a key historical fact.
I would remind you that the earliest extant history of Alexander of Macedon dates to almost four centuries after his death. Alexander was also a figure from the higher echelons of his society & culture.
July 25th, 2023
Jesus/Yeshua was a common name and the references in the Gamera obvious refer to different persons in wildly separate time periods, none in the period of the Christ.
Josephus/Tacitus/Thallus etc wrote decades or centuries after Christ. Certainly they had heard of him, no one denies Christians existed to tell the stories but none of them had known or seen him either. In any event the Josephus entry is very possibly an interpolation by later copyists.
Paul never claimed to have met or known Jesus either.
As to using the absence of proof - “Potentially, there were always more records…which do not come down to us” - as proof, really?
The gospels cannot, by definition, be regarded as contemporary or independent.
However regardless of the historicity of Jesus, if he existed he was either “a non-elite member of society, in what was essentially an imperial backwater” (as you state) or “The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the established order that he was captured, tortured, and executed as a state criminal”. If the later then his absence in the Roman archives is like writing a history of New York City in 2001 without mentioning the World Trade Centre
July 26th, 2023
Yes, Jesus/Yeshua in particular context. “Josephus entry is very possibly an interpolation” - there are several entries in Josephus, with only one being deemed problematic. So, that stands. The utterly remarkable spread of Christianity (why?) also stands. Paul (the erstwhile persecutor, remember) interviewed the many witnesses - and named them, so that other contemporaries could seek corroboration.
As to “the absence of proof” - still not evidence of absence; and not mentioned in isolation. There is overwhelming proof for existence - of a non-elite person at that specific (oral trad) point in human history.
On my “Potentially, there were always more records…which do not come down to us” - that is a standard canon of historiography. That stands.
On the rejection of the Bible as a source generally, and the Gospels in particular - much of these bks are written in the genre of historical record. That’s an interpretive fact. Historians have used the Gospels specifically to correct the historical record - regarding contemporary officeholders, for inst. Rejecting these writings out of hand is mere bias. So that stands.
“If the later then his absence in the Roman archives” - the Roman Empire was massive, & faced regular uprisings, incursions & revolts. So, an itinerant preacher (a “criminal”) to them was as remarkable to them as the “World Trade Centre?” Seriously?
Anyway, we have one historical source of the Battle of Salamis - decades later by the sometimes-called “Father of Lies,” Herodotus. Applying your wholly non-historical criterion, that pivotal Battle did not occur. (Moreover, “decades later” in the historiography of the ancient world is equivalent to on-the-ground reportage in the modern era. Tech & letters, you see.)
Our earliest extant (again important, that) source for Alexander the Great dates to almost 4 centuries after his death. The most elite member of his society & culture. Did Alexander not exist either? (Some internet “scholars” maintain this also.)
We have multiple historical accounts of the crucifixion of Jesus, and only one for the death of Augustus - the first Roman Emperor, & most important man in the world, at that time. Does Augustus still live?
You see the problems, I hope.
Again, no serious scholar maintains what you maintained (at least in your 1st comment - where you were actually definitive & unequivocal. I freely acknowledge that you qualified & equivocated your position in your 2nd comment.)
So, ultimately, Jesus/Yeshua is present in Jewish oral trad, incl the Talmud, Mishna, together w commentary, Gamera. Also, we have histories, Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, Tacitus; Thallus (52AD) who is p’haps the earliest secular writer; the Syrian philosopher, Mara Bar-Serapion; the historian, Phlegon, also mentioned by Julius Africanus; Pliny the Younger; Suetonius; Lucian of Samosata; Celsus; etc.
Even apart from Gospels, Acts & Epistles - generic historical chronicles.
All stand.
The earliest Pauline Epistle has been dated to possibly six years after the crucifixion of Jesus/Yeshua. This proximity (even the proximity of several decades) is remarkable for the contemporary circumstances; also for a non-elite member of society, in what was essentially an imperial backwater.
This too stands. Peace.
July 26th, 2023
Note: the “established order” that Jesus threatened was essentially represented by the Sanhedrin & the Pharisees. They were involved in leveraging Roman Law. Augustus Caesar was a significantly more remote figure.
July 26th, 2023
…as was Tiberius et al.
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