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

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🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 87 minutes

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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. This programme is brought to you in partnership with www.springharvest.org & www.thegodquestion.tv For more resources on the Bible TV series http://www.premier.org.uk/thebible For Reza Aslan http://rezaaslan.com/ For Anthony Le Donne http://historicaljesusresearch.blogspot.co.uk/ For more faith debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 18 August 2012 Did Jesus Exist? Bart Ehrman •Unbelievable? 15 December 2012 Did Jesus Exist? Richard Carrier vs Mark Goodacre

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0:30.0	Good afternoon and welcome along. I'm Justin Briley your presenter through till 4 o'clock this afternoon now
0:36.2	For unbelievable. This is the place here on Premier Christian radio where Christians and non-Christians and people of different perspectives get together to talk.
0:44.3	I hope you enjoy today's program as we begin the first of three programs looking at the
0:49.2	person of Jesus.
0:51.0	It's because the Bible on TV has been on our screens for the last couple of weeks
0:55.4	continues tonight on Channel 5 at 9 PM and for the first time we get to see Jesus Christ as we move
1:02.2	into the stories from the New Testament.
1:04.3	And so for this week and the following weeks we're going to be talking about the person
1:08.6	of Jesus and I'll be explaining how in just a moment's time. Before we get into that, let's hear a snippet of what we can
1:15.6	expect on the Bible TV series tonight. Lady, I believe your son is the promised king of his people.
1:26.0	What is his name?
1:28.0	Jesus.
1:32.0	His name is Jesus.
1:33.0	He said.
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