The sense that a radical change had taken place in world history and human life was the most basic and outstanding trait of the early Christian community as described in Acts and St.
One should not divorce the “fact” and the “meaning” - both are given in reality. What had really happened was the mighty deed of the Redeeming God, his ultimate intervention in the stream of historical events. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted-you may well put up with it! Sidwayīut I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. Aslan’s general approach to the history of early Christianity (which is not new) and contrasts it with the approaches of three Orthodox Christian scholars and historians-Fathers Georges Florovsky and Alexander Schmemann and Prof. Sidway, a member of the OCA’s Christ the Saviour/Holy Spirit Church, Cincinnati, OH, the author raises questions about Prof. In the thought-provoking review that appears below, submitted to oca.org by Ralph H. Aslan himself is neither an historian, nor a biblical scholar, but a sociologist of religion and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside,” adds Father John. “While non-Christian scholars regularly write about Christianity-for example, Geza Vermes, a Jewish scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls, recently wrote a book about Jesus too-the real question is whether their stances, whether non-Christian or anti-Christian, affect their assessments of historical evidence any more than those of Christian scholars. “The book is controversial in part because the author-a former Evangelical Christian who embraced Islam-has led many to question whether a Muslim can write about Jesus,” says Archpriest John Jillions, Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America. While most of our faithful may not actually read the book, many are likely to hear about it via a recent FOX network interview with the author and the mounting attention the work is receiving. The top-of-the-charts Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan is likely to make the rounds amongst Orthodox Christians.
Of late, yet another “study” purporting to reveal the “real” historical Jesus has been receiving more than its share of attention. AugRefuting Reza Aslan’s “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth”
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