Review of Reza Aslan’s Book About Jesus

by drmsheiser | Aug 2, 2013

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.

For You Ancient Chronology Buffs …

by | May 26, 2019 |

If you’re following the Naked Bible Podcast we’ve had several episodes where we get mired in the quagmire that is ancient chronology. Years ago I read the book Centuries of Darkness by Peter James. It’s fundamental exposure to why the accepted...

From Jesus Mythicism to Paul Mythicism

by | Apr 3, 2015 |

Robert Price is one of the few (very few) credentialed scholars who doesn’t think Jesus existed. His work (and work put forth by others in the same vein) has been debunked by scholars ranging from the evangelical variety to atheists. I’ve blogged about...

Irrealis in the Book of Esther

by | Jan 24, 2015 |

I was chatting with my friend and Logos colleague Steve Runge on Friday about this paper: “Irrealis in Esther: On Being Told What was Not” (by Hebrew scholar Fred Putnam). Steve described it to me and it sounded fascinating. It is. Basically, the paper is...

3 Comments

  1. kennethos
    kennethos on August 3, 2013 at 8:42 am

    Excellent review…and a cool new blog to read! Sweet!

  2. E.C.
    E.C. on August 7, 2013 at 5:17 pm

    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…

    • MSH
      MSH on August 8, 2013 at 3:21 pm

      I hereby concur. Welcome.