![]() If Aslan had read that commentary, he could hardly have described Mark as simply ‘uninterested’ in the resurrection of Jesus (p. Currently the outstanding commentary on Mark’s Gospel is by Joel Markus. If he had studied Raymond Brown’s classic and carefully argued The Birth of the Messiah, he might have been saved from facile judgments about the infancy narratives in Matthew and Luke. While he has read widely in biblical scholarship, his book is riddled with significant and damaging gaps. But has it any real worth? What is the scholarly status of its author?Īfter securing a doctorate in the sociology of religions and a Master of Fine Arts in fiction, Aslan is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside. The short chapters, uncluttered by footnotes, make the book a quick and easy read. ![]() Reza Aslan writes in a vivid, imaginative and popular style. ![]()
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