Aslan, Reza <br/><br/>
Zealot  : The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth 
/ Reza Aslan 
 - 296 p.  ; 25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/> 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: 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400069224 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013941682 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Jesus Christ----Biography
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible----History of Biblical events<br/>Church history
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT301.3  / .A85 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>232.901 ASL