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He is also President and CEO of Aslan Media Inc. Dr. Aslan has degrees in Religions from Santa Clara University, Harvard University, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, as well as a Master of Fine Arts from the <a class="showlessmore_link" id="u_fe551_showmore" onclick="truncate_show('u_fe551')" >show more</a><span class="hideme" id="u_fe551"> University of Iowa. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, and the Pacific Council on International Policy. Dr. Aslan also serves on the national advisory board of the Levantine Cultural Center, building bridges between Americans and the Arab/Muslim world. Aslan's first book, the International Bestseller, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam (Heinemann 2005), has been translated into thirteen languages, and named one of the 100 most important books of the last decade. He is also the editor of the anthology Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East: A Words Without Borders Anthology (WW Norton 2010). His latest work is entitled Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (Random House 2013). Dr. Aslan lives in Los Angeles where he is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside. (Bowker Author Biography)</span> <a class="hideme showlessmore_link" id="u_fe551_showless" onclick="truncate_show('u_fe551')" >show less</a></div><div class="author_aka tinytext"><p class="alsoknownas">Includes the names: <span id="u_81564c60" class="lt_itemlist"><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/rezaaslan&norefer=2">Reza Aslan -</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/aslandrreza&norefer=2">Dr. Reza Aslan</a></span></span></p></div><div class="tinytext">Image credit: <a href="http://bloggingheads.tv/"> BloggingHeads.tv </a></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_mainworks" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_db4a" data-caret-id="tdc_u_db4a" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_d5b2" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("mainworks", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="mainworks" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_db4a" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Works by Reza Aslan</h2><span id="tdh_u_d5b2" ><a name="mainworks"></a><div class="section_controls"><div data-value="0" class="lt_pillbox lt_blend_nav small lt_small" id="recent_pillbox" ><a data-value="0" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('aslanreza', 0);" role="button" class="selected" ><span class="ltp_txt">Popular</span></a class="" ><a data-value="1" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('aslanreza', 1);" role="button" class="" ><span class="ltp_txt">Recent</span></a class="" ></div class="" ></div><div class="worklist"><div id="u_478bd5fb" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/13849033" data-workid="13849033" data-title="Zealot-The-Life-and-Times-of-Jesus-of-Nazareth" class="" >Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth</a> <span class="date">(2013)</span> <span class="copies note">3,091 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 135 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6599859" data-workid="6599859" data-title="No-god-but-God-The-Origins-Evolution-and-Future-of-Islam" class="" >No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam</a> <span class="date">(2005)</span> <span class="copies note">2,131 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 35 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/20148214" data-workid="20148214" data-title="God-A-Human-History" class="" >God: A Human History</a> <span class="date">(2017)</span> <span class="copies note">609 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 25 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/8104118" data-workid="8104118" data-title="How-to-Win-a-Cosmic-War-God-Globalization-and-the-End-of-the-War-on-Terror" class="" >How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror</a> <span class="date">(2009)</span> <span class="copies note">352 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 7 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/10259789" data-workid="10259789" data-title="Tablet-Pen-Literary-Landscapes-from-the-Modern-Middle-East-Words-Without-Borders" class="" >Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East (Words Without Borders)</a> <span class="date">(2010)</span> — Editor — <span class="copies note">199 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/28657376" data-workid="28657376" data-title="An-American-Martyr-in-Persia-The-Epic-Life-and-Tragic-Death-of-Howard-Baskerville" class="" >An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville</a> <span class="date">(2022)</span> <span class="copies note">49 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14403484" data-workid="14403484" data-title="Global-Jihadism-A-Transnational-Social-Movement" class="" >Global Jihadism: A Transnational Social Movement</a> <span class="date">(2010)</span> <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/21619340" data-workid="21619340" data-title="Scapegoats-How-Islamophobia-Helps-Our-Enemies-and-Threatens-Our-Freedoms" class="" >Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies and Threatens Our Freedoms</a> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/32434779" data-workid="32434779" data-title="A-Kids-Book-About-Israel-Palestine" class="" >A Kids Book About Israel & Palestine</a> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/18485635" data-workid="18485635" data-title="Beyond-Fundamentalism" class="" >Beyond Fundamentalism</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div></div></div><div class="flex_center"><a value="Work Explorer " value="Work Explorer " class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn_rollover_primary btn-lozenge extra_top_space_half btn-sm btn-default" type="button" role="button" href="/author/aslanreza/workexplorer" ><span class="btntxt">Work Explorer <i class="fa-solid fa-angle-right"></i></span></a></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_alsoby" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_e949" data-caret-id="tdc_u_e949" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_5d17" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("alsoby", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="alsoby" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_e949" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Associated Works</h2><span id="tdh_u_5d17" ><a name="alsoby"></a><div class="worklist"><div id="u_bd1dc96d" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/11296588" data-workid="11296588" data-title="Know-the-Past-Find-the-Future-The-New-York-Public-Library-at-100" class="" >Know the Past, Find the Future: The New York Public Library at 100</a> <span class="date">(2011)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">120 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 3 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1079497" data-workid="1079497" data-title="My-Sister-Guard-Your-Veil-My-Brother-Guard-Your-Eyes-Uncensored-Iranian-Voices" class="" >My Sister, Guard Your Veil; My Brother, Guard Your Eyes: Uncensored Iranian Voices</a> <span class="date">(2006)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">108 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 3 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/10507619" data-workid="10507619" data-title="Religion-and-the-New-Atheism-A-Critical-Appraisal" class="" >Religion and the New Atheism: A Critical Appraisal</a> <span class="date">(2010)</span> — Preface — <span class="copies note">17 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/22767166" data-workid="22767166" data-title="The-Wrong-End-of-the-Table-A-Mostly-Comic-Memoir-of-a-Muslim-Arab-American-Woman-Just-Trying-to-Fit-in" class="" >The Wrong End of the Table: A Mostly Comic Memoir of a Muslim Arab American Woman Just Trying to Fit in</a> — Foreword, some editions — <span class="copies note">2 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div></div></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_tags" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_204e" data-caret-id="tdc_u_204e" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_b47e" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("tags", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="tags" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_204e" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Tagged</h2><span id="tdh_u_b47e" ><a name="tags"></a><a name="rating"></a><div class="section_controls"><button id="relatedtagsarea_snb" value="Numbers" value="Numbers" class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn-sm btn-default" type="button" role="button" onclick="tagcloud_showTagNumbers('relatedtagsarea');" ><span class="btntxt">Numbers</span></button></div><div id="relatedtagsarea" class="hidecount"><div class="tags tagcloud_tags" xstyle="line-height: 2.5em;"> <span class="tag" style="font-size: 0.9em;"><a href="/tag/2013" target="_top">2013</a><span class="count"> (22)</span> </span> <span class="tag" style="font-size: 0.9em;"><a href="/tag/ancient%20history" target="_top">ancient history</a><span class="count"> (19)</span> </span> <span class="tag" style="font-size: 0.8em;"><a href="/tag/audible" target="_top">audible</a><span class="count"> (14)</span> </span> <span class="tag" style="font-size: 1em;"><a href="/tag/audiobook" target="_top">audiobook</a><span class="count"> (26)</span> </span> <span class="tag" style="font-size: 0.9em;"><a href="/tag/Bible" target="_top">Bible</a><span class="count"> (22)</span> </span> <span class="tag" style="font-size: 2.2em;"><a href="/tag/biography" target="_top">biography</a><span class="count"> (150)</span> </span> <span class="tag" style="font-size: 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data-caret-id="tdc_u_e99b" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_41cb" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("common_knowledge", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="common_knowledge" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_e99b" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Common Knowledge</h2><span id="tdh_u_41cb" ><a name="common_knowledge"></a><div id="fwikiContainerTablediv"><dl class="loving comfort joined"><dt>Canonical name</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=22&exact=1&type=2&q=Aslan, Reza" data-fieldtype="22" class="" >Aslan, Reza</a></dd><dt>Legal name</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=31&exact=1&type=2&q=رضا اصلان‎‎" data-fieldtype="31" class="" >رضا اصلان‎‎</a></dd><dt>Birthdate</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=8&exact=1&type=2&q=1972-05-03" data-fieldtype="8" class="" >1972-05-03</a></dd><dt>Gender</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=5&exact=1&type=2&q=male" data-fieldtype="5" class="" >male</a></dd><dt>Nationality</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=18&exact=1&type=2&q=Iran" data-fieldtype="18" class="" >Iran</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=18&exact=1&type=2&q=USA" data-fieldtype="18" class="" >USA</a></dd><dt>Birthplace</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/place/Tehran, Iran" data-fieldtype="44" class="" >Tehran, Iran</a></dd><dt>Places of residence</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/place/Iran" data-fieldtype="6" class="" >Iran (birth)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/place/Santa Barbara, California, USA" data-fieldtype="6" class="" >Santa Barbara, California, USA</a><br><a target="_top" href="/place/New Orleans, Louisiana, USA" data-fieldtype="6" class="" >New Orleans, Louisiana, USA</a><br><a target="_top" href="/place/Los Angeles, California, USA" data-fieldtype="6" class="" >Los Angeles, California, USA</a></dd><dt>Education</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=9&exact=1&type=2&q=Santa Clara University" data-fieldtype="9" class="" >Santa Clara University (B.A.|1995|religious studies)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=9&exact=1&type=2&q=Harvard Divinity School" data-fieldtype="9" class="" >Harvard Divinity School (MTS | 1999)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=9&exact=1&type=2&q=University of Iowa Writers' Workshop" data-fieldtype="9" class="" >University of Iowa Writers' Workshop (M.F.A. | 2002 | fiction writing)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=9&exact=1&type=2&q=University of California, Santa Barbara" data-fieldtype="9" class="" >University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D | 2009 | sociology)</a></dd><dt>Occupations</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=schoolteacher" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >schoolteacher</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=TV producer" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >TV producer</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=editor" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >editor</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=professor of Creative Writing" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >professor of Creative Writing</a></dd><dt>Relationships</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/author/jackleyjessica" data-fieldtype="33" class="" >Jackley, Jessica (wife)</a></dd><dt>Organizations</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=University of Southern California" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >University of Southern California</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=University of California, Riverside" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >University of California, Riverside</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=American Academy of Religion" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >American Academy of Religion</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=Society of Biblical Literature" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >Society of Biblical Literature</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=International Qur'anic Studies Association" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >International Qur'anic Studies Association</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=National Iranian American Council" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >National Iranian American Council</a> <span id="u_2c7940dc" class="note" >(<a href="#" onclick="$J('#u_2c7940dc, #u_5551ecd7').toggleClass('hid');return false;" class="" >show all 7</a>)</span><span id="u_5551ecd7" class="hid" ><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=PEN American Center" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >PEN American Center</a></span></dd></dl></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_members" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_b997" data-caret-id="tdc_u_b997" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_001d" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("members", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="members" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_b997" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Members</h2><span id="tdh_u_001d" ><a name="members"></a><div id="newauthor_members"></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_discussions" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_585d" data-caret-id="tdc_u_585d" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_ffe2" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("discussions", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="discussions" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_585d" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Discussions</h2><span id="tdh_u_ffe2" ><a name="discussions"></a><div id="u_09983ed4" class="lt_itemlist"><div class="ltil_item " ><i class="fa-solid fa-messages dormant"></i> <a href="/topic/161953">Zealot</a> in Christianity <span class="note">(February 2014)</span></div><div class="ltil_item " ><i class="fa-solid fa-messages dormant"></i> <a href="/topic/161985">Warning on "Zealot" by Reza Aslan</a> in Theology Book Club <span class="note">(December 2013)</span></div></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_reviews" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_880c" data-caret-id="tdc_u_880c" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_9712" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("reviews", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="reviews" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_880c" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Reviews</h2><span id="tdh_u_9712" ><a name="reviews"></a><input type="hidden" id="cache_key" value="u_557093aa"><div class="brevs_container author_brevs_container "><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_275410053" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/20148214" data-workid="20148214" data-title="God-A-Human-History" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/055339472X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/055339472X.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/055339472X.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/20148214" data-workid="20148214" data-title="God-A-Human-History" class="" >God: A Human History</a> by <a href="/author/aslanreza">Reza Aslan</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_9d4c3096" >This is a superficial look at religious history setting up an analysis of monotheism from a lens Aslan prefers, to reach an ultimate conclusion of pantheism, which is his own position. It's not <i>bad</i> per se, but it's certainly massaging history and religion to fit the idea there's a gradual development of monotheism as well as some coherent reason it happened, and how it was later developed, as if the road from Akhenaten's monotheism through Zoroastrianism's dualism under a single <u class="showmore_hide">creator led to the Abrahamitic religions that then evolved out of each other trying to define how the godhood works. It's too much of a just so story trying to pave over actual history and theological developments to reach that ultimate goal of deciding the problems with a personal God is the problem inherent in monotheism itself, and the reason we should follow Aslan's example.<br>It's not wholly original ground he's treading, and it's questionable if you should read this treatment over some other book making the case for pantheism from another angle, since this line of argumentation works more as a memoir of Aslan's own religious developments and justifications.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_9d4c3096');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_dcc58b09" title="2 Stars" aria-title="2 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="4" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="3" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="10" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_275410053" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275410053"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_275410053" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_275410053" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_275410053" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_275410053"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/A.Godhelm" target="_top">A.Godhelm</a> | <a href="/work/20148214/reviews" data-workid="20148214" data-title="God-A-Human-History" class="" >24 other reviews</a> | Nov 17, 2024 | <a href="/review/275410053"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_213939785" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/13849033" data-workid="13849033" data-title="ZEALOT-The-Life-and-Times-of-Jesus-of-Nazareth" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/140006922X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/140006922X.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/140006922X.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/13849033" data-workid="13849033" data-title="ZEALOT-The-Life-and-Times-of-Jesus-of-Nazareth" class="" >ZEALOT: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth</a> by <a href="/author/aslanreza">Reza Aslan</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_4bdbcedb" >Appreciated this more the second time through, though not as an accurate historical view - as Aslan cherrypicks and discredits as he likes to tell a story - but more like a colour commentary for a very human Jesus, as leader of an insurrectionist brand of religion that's not unique and put into a historical context of similar figures and sentiment. It then becomes a battle of narratives between the inner jewish circle of disciples and Paul's come-lately story redefining what Christ and <u class="showmore_hide">Christianity was all about.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_4bdbcedb');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_be80cb0d" title="3 Stars" aria-title="3 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="6" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="5" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="10" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_213939785" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_213939785"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_213939785" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_213939785" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_213939785" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_213939785"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/A.Godhelm" target="_top">A.Godhelm</a> | <a href="/work/13849033/reviews" data-workid="13849033" data-title="ZEALOT-The-Life-and-Times-of-Jesus-of-Nazareth" class="" >134 other reviews</a> | Nov 17, 2024 | <a href="/review/213939785"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_270110756" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/13849033" data-workid="13849033" data-title="ZEALOT-The-Life-and-Times-of-Jesus-of-Nazareth" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/140006922X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/140006922X.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/140006922X.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/13849033" data-workid="13849033" data-title="ZEALOT-The-Life-and-Times-of-Jesus-of-Nazareth" class="" >ZEALOT: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth</a> by <a href="/author/aslanreza">Reza Aslan</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_55c652c1" >Does an excellent job of presenting most of the current scholarly thinking about the life of Jesus in a readable manner. More than other books I've read, he does a good job of setting the scene, of putting the life of Jesus into context of First Century Palestine life and politics. The last chapters, about James the Just and the conflicts between him, Peter, and Paul, are really fascinating, and something I haven't read a lot about; Paul, who never met Jesus and who never quotes him directly, <u class="showmore_hide">came to dominate the early history, while James, Jesus' own brother, was pushed to the side, mostly because of conflicts between those who want to make the religion more palatable to Gentiles, and those who want to keep to its Jewish roots. Recommended reading.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_55c652c1');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_fe2b1b0e" title="4 Stars" aria-title="4 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="8" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="7" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="10" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_270110756" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_270110756"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_270110756" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_270110756" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_270110756" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_270110756"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/pstevem" target="_top">pstevem</a> | <a href="/work/13849033/reviews" data-workid="13849033" data-title="ZEALOT-The-Life-and-Times-of-Jesus-of-Nazareth" class="" >134 other reviews</a> | Aug 19, 2024 | <a href="/review/270110756"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_264095154" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/13849033" data-workid="13849033" data-title="Zealot-The-Life-and-Times-of-Jesus-of-Nazareth" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/140006922X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/140006922X.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/140006922X.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/13849033" data-workid="13849033" data-title="Zealot-The-Life-and-Times-of-Jesus-of-Nazareth" class="" >Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth</a> by <a href="/author/aslanreza">Reza Aslan</a></div></div><div class="" >Probably a fairly accurate description of how Christianity got started. Didn't really do much for me one way or the other.</div class="" ><span id="rate-u_b8b23f26" title="2 Stars" aria-title="2 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="4" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="3" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="10" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_264095154" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_264095154"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_264095154" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_264095154" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas 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