![]() ![]() Paul radically changed the identity of Jesusįrom human rebel to divine Son of God, against the wishes of other Of rebellious Jerusalem in AD 70 made Jesus’ real teachings bothĭangerous and unpopular. Jesus’ actual prediction had failed, and because the Roman destruction Early Christians changed the story of Jesus to make him Jesusīelieved that God would honor the zeal of his lightly armed disciplesĪnd give them victory. The king of Israel and overturn the hierarchical social order. Religious zeal, Jesus believed that God would empower him to become like other messianic figures of his day Ĭalled for the violent expulsion of Rome from Israel. In other words, Jesus actually attempted to do what the Roman government executed him for. Those who only saw reviews and excerpts are welcome to answer too, but please provide evidence, not just opinions.Īslan sees Jesus as attempting to fulfill the Zealots' hope for the Jewish messiah, who would re-establish his people's independence from Rome and become the literal king of the Jews. I would like to see answers about what readers learned from the book. Christians will overwhelmingly reject this hypothesis, but I think the book may help us in some ways to understand the human side of Jesus and is very well argued. The Book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan argues that Jesus was actually a Zealot, a Jewish revolutionary attempting to challenge Roman rule. ![]()
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