Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
(OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive Listen)
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A lucid, intelligent page-turner” (Los Angeles Times) that challenges long-held assumptions about Jesus, from the host of Believer
Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher walked across the Galilee, gathering followers to establish what he called the “Kingdom of God.” The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the established order that he was executed as a state criminal. Within decades after his death, his followers would call him God.
Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history’s most enigmatic figures by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived. Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels against the historical sources, Aslan describes a man full of conviction and passion, yet rife with contradiction. He explores the reasons the early Christian church preferred to promulgate an image of Jesus as a peaceful spiritual teacher rather than a politically conscious revolutionary. And he grapples with the riddle of how Jesus understood himself, the mystery that is at the heart of all subsequent claims about his divinity.
Zealot yields a fresh perspective on one of the greatest stories ever told even as it affirms the radical and transformative nature of Jesus’ life and mission.
Praise for Zealot
“Riveting . . . Aslan synthesizes Scripture and scholarship to create an original account.”—The New Yorker
“Fascinatingly and convincingly drawn . . . Aslan may come as close as one can to respecting those who revere Jesus as the peace-loving, turn-the-other-cheek, true son of God depicted in modern Christianity, even as he knocks down that image.”—The Seattle Times
“[Aslan’s] literary talent is as essential to the effect of Zealot as are his scholarly and journalistic chops. . . . A vivid, persuasive portrait.”—Salon
“This tough-minded, deeply political book does full justice to the real Jesus, and honors him in the process.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“A special and revealing work, one that believer and skeptic alike will find surprising, engaging, and original.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
“Compulsively readable . . . This superb work is highly recommended.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher walked across the Galilee, gathering followers to establish what he called the “Kingdom of God.” The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the established order that he was executed as a state criminal. Within decades after his death, his followers would call him God.
Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history’s most enigmatic figures by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived. Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels against the historical sources, Aslan describes a man full of conviction and passion, yet rife with contradiction. He explores the reasons the early Christian church preferred to promulgate an image of Jesus as a peaceful spiritual teacher rather than a politically conscious revolutionary. And he grapples with the riddle of how Jesus understood himself, the mystery that is at the heart of all subsequent claims about his divinity.
Zealot yields a fresh perspective on one of the greatest stories ever told even as it affirms the radical and transformative nature of Jesus’ life and mission.
Praise for Zealot
“Riveting . . . Aslan synthesizes Scripture and scholarship to create an original account.”—The New Yorker
“Fascinatingly and convincingly drawn . . . Aslan may come as close as one can to respecting those who revere Jesus as the peace-loving, turn-the-other-cheek, true son of God depicted in modern Christianity, even as he knocks down that image.”—The Seattle Times
“[Aslan’s] literary talent is as essential to the effect of Zealot as are his scholarly and journalistic chops. . . . A vivid, persuasive portrait.”—Salon
“This tough-minded, deeply political book does full justice to the real Jesus, and honors him in the process.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“A special and revealing work, one that believer and skeptic alike will find surprising, engaging, and original.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
“Compulsively readable . . . This superb work is highly recommended.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Formats
OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
Works on MP3 Players, PCs, and Macs. Some mobile devices may require an application to be installed.
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
More Details
Format:
OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive Listen
Edition:
Unabridged
Street Date:
07/16/2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780804148757
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Reza Aslan. (2013). Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Unabridged Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Reza Aslan. 2013. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Reza Aslan, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Books on Tape, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Reza Aslan. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Unabridged Books on Tape, 2013.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
| Library | Owned | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Digital Collection | 2 | 0 |
There are 3 holds on this title.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
899e8391-0e59-2fc3-2c2a-04382e09d93b
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Jun 12, 2018 16:24:20
Date Updated:
Dec 08, 2020 00:56:47
Last Metadata Check:
Apr 14, 2024 07:48:13
Last Metadata Change:
Aug 20, 2023 08:26:15
Last Availability Check:
Apr 14, 2024 07:48:17
Last Availability Change:
Mar 21, 2024 22:47:21
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Apr 19, 2024 02:10:42
OverDrive Product Record
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/{2910E8B5-7D5E-4A06-ABFE-E44C4E17C65B}Img100.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1191-1/{2910E8B5-7D5E-4A06-ABFE-E44C4E17C65B}Img200.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/1191-1/291/0E8/B5/{2910E8B5-7D5E-4A06-ABFE-E44C4E17C65B}Img150.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1191-1/291/0E8/B5/{2910E8B5-7D5E-4A06-ABFE-E44C4E17C65B}Img400.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- formats
- identifiers:
- type: 8
- value: penguinrandomhouse_audio#9780804148740
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780804148757
- name: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
- id: audiobook-mp3
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: 8
- value: penguinrandomhouse_audio#9780804148740
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780804148757
- name: OverDrive Listen
- id: audiobook-overdrive
- identifiers:
- mediaType
- Audiobook
- primaryCreator
- role: Author
- name: Reza Aslan
- title
- Zealot
- dateAdded
- 2013-08-22T11:27:00-04:00
- contentDetails
- href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=569&titleID=1238907
- type: text/html
- account:
- name: NorthNet Library System (CA)
- id: 2323
- sortTitle
- Zealot The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
- crossRefId
- 1238907
- subtitle
- The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
- id
- 2910e8b5-7d5e-4a06-abfe-e44c4e17c65b
- starRating
- 3.9
OverDrive MetaData
- isPublicDomain
- False
- formats
- duration: 08:08:50
- fileName: Zealot_9780804148740_1238907
- partCount: 7
- fileSize: 234712394
- identifiers:
- audience: retailer
- type: 8
- value: penguinrandomhouse_audio#9780804148740
- audience: library
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780804148757
- rights:
- type: PlayOnPC
- value: 1
- type: PlayOnPCCount
- value: -1
- type: BurnToCD
- value: 1
- type: BurnToCDCount
- value: -1
- type: PlayOnPM
- value: 1
- type: TransferToSDMI
- value: 1
- type: TransferToNonSDMI
- value: 1
- type: TransferCount
- value: -1
- type: CollaborativePlay
- value: 0
- type: PublicPerformance
- value: 0
- type: TranscodeToAAC
- value: 1
- name: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
- isReadAlong: False
- id: audiobook-mp3
- onSaleDate: 7/16/2013
- samples:
- source: Part 1
- formatType: audiobook-mp3
- url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/1238907-Zealot.mp3
- source: Part 1
- formatType: audiobook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2910E8B5-7D5E-4A06-ABFE-E44C4E17C65B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- duration: 08:08:55
- fileName: ZealotTheLifeandTimesofJesusofNazareth-57783
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 234682825
- identifiers:
- audience: retailer
- type: 8
- value: penguinrandomhouse_audio#9780804148740
- audience: library
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780804148757
- name: OverDrive Listen
- isReadAlong: False
- id: audiobook-overdrive
- onSaleDate: 7/16/2013
- samples:
- source: Part 1
- formatType: audiobook-mp3
- url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/1238907-Zealot.mp3
- source: Part 1
- formatType: audiobook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2910E8B5-7D5E-4A06-ABFE-E44C4E17C65B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- creators
- role: Author
- fileAs: Aslan, Reza
- bioText: Reza Aslan is an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions. His first book, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, has been translated into thirteen languages and named by Blackwell as one of the hundred most important books of the last decade. He is also the author of How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror (published in paperback as Beyond Fundamentalism), as well as the editor of Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East. Born in Iran, he lives in New York and Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.
- name: Reza Aslan
- role: Narrator
- fileAs: Aslan, Reza
- bioText: Reza Aslan is an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions. His first book, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, has been translated into thirteen languages and named by Blackwell as one of the hundred most important books of the last decade. He is also the author of How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror (published in paperback as Beyond Fundamentalism), as well as the editor of Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East. Born in Iran, he lives in New York and Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.
- name: Reza Aslan
- imprint
- Random House Audio
- publishDate
- 2013-07-16T00:00:00-04:00
- edition
- Unabridged
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- Zealot
- fullDescription
- #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A lucid, intelligent page-turner” (Los Angeles Times) that challenges long-held assumptions about Jesus, from the host of Believer
Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher walked across the Galilee, gathering followers to establish what he called the “Kingdom of God.” The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the established order that he was executed as a state criminal. Within decades after his death, his followers would call him God.
Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history’s most enigmatic figures by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived. Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels against the historical sources, Aslan describes a man full of conviction and passion, yet rife with contradiction. He explores the reasons the early Christian church preferred to promulgate an image of Jesus as a peaceful spiritual teacher rather than a politically conscious revolutionary. And he grapples with the riddle of how Jesus understood himself, the mystery that is at the heart of all subsequent claims about his divinity.
Zealot yields a fresh perspective on one of the greatest stories ever told even as it affirms the radical and transformative nature of Jesus’ life and mission.
Praise for Zealot
“Riveting . . . Aslan synthesizes Scripture and scholarship to create an original account.”—The New Yorker
“Fascinatingly and convincingly drawn . . . Aslan may come as close as one can to respecting those who revere Jesus as the peace-loving, turn-the-other-cheek, true son of God depicted in modern Christianity, even as he knocks down that image.”—The Seattle Times
“[Aslan’s] literary talent is as essential to the effect of Zealot as are his scholarly and journalistic chops. . . . A vivid, persuasive portrait.”—Salon
“This tough-minded, deeply political book does full justice to the real Jesus, and honors him in the process.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“A special and revealing work, one that believer and skeptic alike will find surprising, engaging, and original.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
“Compulsively readable . . . This superb work is highly recommended.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) - popularity
- 2734
- links
- self:
- href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1B3gEAAA2d/products/2910e8b5-7d5e-4a06-abfe-e44c4e17c65b/metadata
- type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
- self:
- id
- 2910e8b5-7d5e-4a06-abfe-e44c4e17c65b
- starRating
- 3.9
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/{2910E8B5-7D5E-4A06-ABFE-E44C4E17C65B}Img100.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1191-1/{2910E8B5-7D5E-4A06-ABFE-E44C4E17C65B}Img200.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/1191-1/291/0E8/B5/{2910E8B5-7D5E-4A06-ABFE-E44C4E17C65B}Img150.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1191-1/291/0E8/B5/{2910E8B5-7D5E-4A06-ABFE-E44C4E17C65B}Img400.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- isPublicPerformanceAllowed
- False
- languages
- code: en
- name: English
- subjects
- value: Biography & Autobiography
- value: Politics
- value: Religion & Spirituality
- value: Nonfiction
- publishDateText
- 07/16/2013
- mediaType
- Audiobook
- shortDescription
- #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A lucid, intelligent page-turner” (Los Angeles Times) that challenges long-held assumptions about Jesus, from the host of Believer
Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher walked across the Galilee, gathering followers to establish what he called the “Kingdom of God.” The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the established order that he was executed as a state criminal. Within decades after his death, his followers would call him God.
Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history’s most enigmatic figures by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived. Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels against the historical sources, Aslan describes a man full of conviction and passion, yet rife with contradiction. He explores the reasons the early Christian church preferred... - sortTitle
- Zealot The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
- crossRefId
- 1238907
- awards
- source: The New York Times
- value: The New York Times Best Seller List
- subtitle
- The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
- publisher
- Books on Tape
- bisacCodes
- code: BIO010000
- description: Biography & Autobiography / Political
- code: HIS002000
- description: History / Ancient / General
- code: REL067080
- description: Religion / Christian Theology / History
