Reza Aslan, author of the new book, “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” has been interviewed on a host of media outlets in the last week.
Riding a publicity wave, the book has surged to #2 on Amazon's list.
Media reports have introduced Aslan as a “religion scholar” but have failed to mention that he is a devout Muslim.His book is not a historian’s report on Jesus. It is an educated Muslim’s opinion about Jesus -- yet the book is being peddled as objective history on national TV and radio.“Zealot” is a fast-paced demolition of the core beliefs that Christianity has taught about Jesus for 2,000 years.Aslan is not a trained historian. Like tens of thousands of us he has been formally educated in theology and New Testament Greek.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/07/22/liberal-media-love-new-jesus-book-zealot-fail-to-mention-author-is-muslim/#ixzz2Zzvlrp3z
A different God, a different Jesus
No comments:
Post a Comment