Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth Audiobook (Free)

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Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher strolled across the Galilee, gathering followers to determine what he called the “Kingdom of God.” The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the set up order that he was performed as a state criminal. Within years after his loss of life, his followers would about Zealot: THE LIFE SPAN and Situations of Jesus of Nazareth call him God.

Sifting through hundreds of years of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history’s most enigmatic statistics by examining Jesus through the lens from the tumultuous period where he lived. Balancing the Jesus from the Gospels against the traditional sources, Aslan explains a man filled with conviction and passion, yet rife with contradiction. He explores the reason why the first Christian church chosen to promulgate an image of Jesus like a relaxing spiritual teacher rather than politically conscious revolutionary. And he grapples with the riddle of how Jesus realized himself, the mystery that is in the centre of all following claims about his divinity.

Zealot yields a brand new perspective on one of the best stories ever informed even as it affirms the radical and transformative character of Jesus’ existence and mission.

Praise for Zealot

“Riveting . Aslan synthesizes Scripture and scholarship to create a genuine accounts.”-The New Yorker

“Fascinatingly and convincingly drawn . . . Aslan will come as close as you can to respecting those who revere Jesus as the peace-loving, turn-the-other-cheek, true boy of God depicted in contemporary Christianity, even as he knocks down that image.”-The Seattle Times

“[Aslan’s] literary skill is as necessary to the effect of Zealot as are his scholarly and journalistic chops. . . . A stunning, persuasive portrait.”-Salon

“This tough-minded, deeply politics book does full justice to the real Jesus, and honors him in the process.”-San Francisco Chronicle

“A particular and revealing work, one that believer and skeptic as well will find amazing, engaging, and primary.”-Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Thomas Jefferson: The Artwork of Power

“Compulsively readable . . . This superb work is highly recommended.”-Publishers Weekly (starred review)