You lose credibility as an author if you can’t even cop to your own bias. Throughout the book, Aslan shows his bias in how he masterfully twists biblical book order, phrases, verses, and history to fit his particular worldview, and yet consistently acts like he is not doing that. If I could sum up this review in a few words, they would be this: “Aslan claims the New Testament writers were biased in their testimonies about Jesus, but he (Aslan) claims to be unbiased…he is full of BS.” That’s it. Most of my comments throughout this review are made at the times when I put the book down out of frustration with Aslan’s bias, it is why many of the things I say have a frustrated tone. I assumed where the book would be going, and it turns out, I was right.

Rather than looking at the founder and reason for Christianity, Aslan looks at Jesus the political revolutionary.” As I said, I had previously tried to read through the entire book, but put it down because it brings up the same arguments that have been disproved for the last 150 years, after the review of this young man, who I love dearly, I finally finished it. I wrote this review only after a former youth group kid shared his review of the book and stated, “ Zealot is an attempt to look at the historical Jesus of Nazareth. I believe these claims have withstood time and the opposing arguments (like Reza Aslan’s) along the way. To be upfront about my own bias, I believe the Bible is a truthful, historically valid collection of writings, and that Jesus is the Son of God. When I read the book I had to put it down multiple times in order to avoid a metaphorical aneurism. His bias is markedly strong on every page.

This is why critical thinking is so important.we must be willing to have our worldview challenged, but also be able to point to true evidence that reinforces it. Make no mistake when reading Zealot, Aslan has a bias, even though he claims not to. Research shows we are more likely to accept and gravitate toward people, things, and ideas that reinforce our beliefs. Each of us has a worldview that shapes how we process and analyze information. Let me start by addressing something that repeatedly comes up throughout the entirety of Zealot…We all have a bias. This is a review that I did on my Goodreads page for the book Zealot by Reza Aslan, I thought it would be helpful for you as well.Ī friend of mind read this review and said I sounded angry, I don’t think I am angry as much as frustrated.

Zealot jesus of nazareth review