Zealot portrays Jesus neither as a prophet nor as the son of God, but as a man actively engaged in the politics of his day. I really enjoyed this, though at times it was difficult to get through (not in terms of my own religious or political convictions, but simply from a readability perspective)...
Overall, this book was almost exactly what I was after. It's well-written, well-reasoned, and well-supported with citations and plenty of background. My two gripes are:1) there are some places where the author pieces together one-liners from various experts. I immediately felt like the author was...