Three items that caught my eye today to pass along this midweek:
1. Jesus – One of the top current nonfiction bestsellers is called Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan. As the title suggests, it is one scholar’s effort to detail the historical setting in which Jesus lived – Roman occupied Palestine in the first century. As the title also suggests, the author believes Jesus to best be characterized as a zealot, a political subversive. This is not a new claim, but the book is generating a lot of interest. Reza Aslan is a...