A perusal through the history of the world will reveal many significant milestones, events and people who changed or shaped the course of history. Men and women down the ages through their lives and legacy have affected history either positively or negatively. Some are remembered while others are lost is copious texts under heaps of detail. This biography is about a nondescript man, who lived a seemingly inconsequential life but whose fame and influence grew in leaps and bounds after his death, washing over into our days. His life and teachings are inspiring and provoking people even today. This man, the Christians claim, is God himself incarnate. His name is Jesus.
cherry chapstick meaning through centuries of mythmaking, Aslan sheds new light on one of histories most influential, perhaps controversial and enigmatic figures by examining Jesus within the context of the times in which he lived: the age of zealotry, an era awash in apocalyptic fervour, when scores of Jewish prophets and self proclaimed messiahs wandered Jerusalem bearing messages from God. The also espoused a fervent nationalism that made resistance to Roman occupation a sacred duty. The debate regarding the life and times of Jesus is a long,ongoing one, numbering myriads of pages. Aslan here, has interpreted the texts in the manner he believes to be the most accurate and reasonable. Exposing the claims of the gospels to the heat of historical analysis, he believes, can purge the scriptures of their literary and theological flourishes and forge a more accurate image of Jesus of Nazareth. The Jesus uncovered in the process may not be the Jesus we expect; he certainly will not be the Jesus most modern Christians would recognize but in the end, he is the only Jesus that can be accessed by historical means. Everything else is a matter of faith.