Thom Hartmann: Conversations with Great Minds - Dr. Reza Aslan - Who was Jesus really...

[thomhartmann]

Joining Thom for tonight's Conversation With Great Minds is Dr. Reza Aslan. Dr.
Aslan is a critically acclaimed writer and religious scholar and currently
serves as an Associate Professor of Creative Writing and as Cooperating Faculty
in the Department of Religion at the University of California - Riverside. He
has degrees in religion from Santa Clara University - the University of
California Santa Barbara - and Harvard University and is an Adjunct Senior
Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. His new book - "Zealot: The Life and
Times of Jesus of Nazareth" is a must read for anyone who wants to know the true
story behind the "Greatest Story Every Told."

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[zeemike]

1. Sure makes me want to read his book.

But it sounds like to me, he understands the bible more than the majority of Christians.

[JDPriestly]

2. I wonder whether Dr. Aslan has read the book, Jesus and the Zealots

by Brandon.

www.google.com/webhp#bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&fp=b1d813dbd780d14c&q=Soares+JEsus+Zealots

That is a great book on this topic. A couple of Jesus' disciples were zealots meaning that they were rebels against the Roman presence in Israel. Simon the Zealot was obviously a Zealot, and Brandon suggests that Judas Iscariot was also a Zealot and that Iscariot means Zealot. That could explain why Judas was blamed for having betrayed Jesus.