ZEALOT : The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
ZEALOT : The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
- 자료유형
- 단행본 서양서
- 최종처리일시
- 20140317100102
- ISBN
- 9781400069224
- DDC
- 232.901-22
- 청구기호
- 232.901 A835z
- 저자명
- Aslan, Reza.
- 서명/저자
- ZEALOT : The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth / by Reza Aslan
- 판사항
- First Edition.
- 발행사항
- New York : Random House, 2013
- 형태사항
- xxxi, 296 p ; 24 cm
- 서지주기
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-282) and index.
- 주제명-개인
- Jesus Christ
- 책소개
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#1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER
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 historys 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 Nazareths 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"
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"Aslans insistence on human and historical actuality turns out to be far more interesting than dogmatic theology. . . . 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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"Aslan brings a fine popular style, shorn of all jargon, to bear on the presentation of Jesus of Nazareth. . . . He isnt interested in attacking religion or even the church, much less in comparing Christianity unfavorably to another religion. . . . You dont have to lose your religion to learn much thats vitally germane to its history from Aslans absorbing, reader-friendly book."--"Booklist" (starred review)
"Aslan is steeped in the history, languages and scriptural foundation of the biblical scholar and is a very clear writer with an authoritative, but not pedantic, voice. Those of us who wade into this genre often know how rare that is."--"The Seattle Times"