Table of Contents

Map: First-Century Palestine

The Temple in Jerusalem

Author's Note

Introduction

Chronology

PART I

Prologue: A Different Sort of Sacrifice

1: A Hole in the Corner

2: King of the Jews

3: You Know Where I Am From

4: The Fourth Philosophy

5: Where Is Your Fleet to Sweep the Roman Seas?

6: Year One

PART II

Prologue: Zeal for Your House

7: The Voice Crying Out in the Wilderness

8: Follow Me

9: By the Finger of God

10: May Your Kingdom Come

11: Who Do You Say I Am?

12: No King but Caesar

PART III

Prologue: God Made Flesh

13: If Christ Has Not Been Risen

14: Am I Not an Apostle?

15: The Just One

Epilogue: True God from True God

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Reza Aslan is an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions, and recipient of the James Joyce Award. His first book, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, was named one of the 100 most important books of the decade. He is also the author of How to Win a Cosmic War and Beyond Fundamentalism, and founder of Aslan Media. Born in Iran, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.