“Jesus is a Jew teaching Judaism to other Jews..”

(Reza Aslan)

Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival on July 4^th.Institute titled: “The Jesus of History versus the Christ of Faith” Reza Aslan examines Jesus within the context of the times in which he lived. Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels against historical sources,  Aslan discovers who Jesus truly was, a Jewish Rabbi who sought to liberate his people from Rome.

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Dr. Reza Aslan is a scholar of religions, his degrees include a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Santa Clara University (Major focus: New Testament; Minor: Greek) , a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard University (Major focus: History of Religions), a PhD in the Sociology of Religions from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

He was born into a mix family of an atheist father and a muslim mother. He became a committed  evangelical Christianity during his youth and later converted to Islam just before attending Harvard.

Categories: Christianity, History

Tags: Jesus, Jesus Mission, Reza Aslan