Was Jesus just a...zealot? Reza Aslan vs Anthony Le Donne - Unbelievable?

2013-12-14T00:00:00+00:00

Reza Aslan is the author of the bestselling book Zealot which claims Jesus was a political revolutionary and not the peace loving Messiah of the Gospels. He debates with New Testament scholar Anthony Le Donne who has written a scathing review of Aslan’s book.

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