By now many of you will have heard about the controversial new book by Reza Aslan on Jesus (Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth). The book has generated controversy since Aslan is a Muslim and inflated his credentials for writing the book on a recent Fox News interview. The book’s poor scholarship (which has nothing to do with the author’s own religion) has been noted by now in several reviews. I thought I’d alert readers to one by New Testament scholar, Anthony LeDunne.
Excellent review…and a cool new blog to read! Sweet!
I just finished N.T. Wright’s book on the historical Jesus… 700 pages, 500+ footnotes in 6 languages I think… Yeah I’m a geek I know…
I hereby concur. Welcome.