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2 days ago · Apparently Fr. Brandon’s thesis (until his death in 1971 he was a clergyman in the Church of England) has a long shelf life; Reza Aslan was found advancing the same theory (while not acknowledging his dependence on Brandon) in his 2013 book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. What are we to say about this thesis?
2 days ago · Examines the history of the figure of Christ in Islamic thought, from the beginnings of Islam in the Qur'an and the Hadith to the 2013 book by Reza Aslan, Zealot. The course is based on close reading of primary sources from regions extending from Spain to Iran, and in various languages (in translation): Arabic, Greek, French, Farsi, and Italian.
4 days ago · Little is known about the post-Pentecost life of St. Simon, who had been called a Zealot. He is thought to have preached in Egypt and then to have joined St. Jude in Persia. Here, he was supposedly martyred by being cut in half with a saw, a tool he is often depicted with.
4 days ago · Whatever contacts there may have been with the Zealot movement (as the narrative of feeding 5,000 people in the desert may hint), the Gospels assume the widest distance between Jesus’ understanding of his role and the Zealot revolution.
2 days ago · Seyyed Hossein Nasr (/ ˈnɑːsər, ˈnæsər /; Persian: سید حسین نصر, born April 7, 1933) is an Iranian-American philosopher, theologian and Islamic scholar. He is University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University.
2 days ago · The writer and scholar on religion Reza Aslan has said that "Islamophobia has become so mainstream in this country that Americans have been trained to expect violence against Muslims – not excuse it, but expect it". [203]
4 days ago · C.S. Lewis — ‘Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion. Ooh said Susan. I'd thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous abou...
