Review of Zealot – Third Installment

This is the third installment of my review ofZealot, by Reza Aslan. You can find the first and second installments here:

http://lutheranchronicles.com/review-of-zealot-first-installment/

http://lutheranchronicles.com/review-of-zealot-second-installment/

The second installment covered Part I of the book, and this installment begins with Aslan’s prologue to Part II.

In his prologue to Part II, Aslan tries to paint Jesus as a “zealot,” using the word “zeal” to understand “who Jesus was and what Jesu...