{"product_id":"9781250199355","title":"The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A welcome expansion of the fragile territory known as common ground.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Reza Aslan’s bestseller \u003ci\u003eZealot\u003c\/i\u003e came out in 2013, there was criticism that he hadn’t addressed his Muslim faith while writing the origin story of Christianity. In fact, Ross Douthat of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e wrote that “if Aslan had actually written in defense of the Islamic view of Jesus, that would have been something provocative and new.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMustafa Akyol’s \u003ci\u003eThe Islamic Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e is that book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Islamic Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e reveals startling new truths about Islam in the context of the first Muslims and the early origins of Christianity. Muslims and the first Christians—the Jewish followers of Jesus—saw Jesus as not divine but rather as a prophet and human Messiah and that salvation comes from faith \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e good works, not merely as faith, as Christians would later emphasize. What Akyol seeks to reveal are how these core beliefs of Jewish Christianity, which got lost in history as a heresy, emerged in a new religion born in 7th Arabia: Islam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAkyol exposes this extraordinary historical connection between Judaism, Jewish Christianity and Islam—a major mystery unexplored by academia. From Jesus’ Jewish followers to the Nazarenes and Ebionites to the Qu’ran’s stories of Mary and Jesus, \u003ci\u003eThe Islamic Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e will reveal links between religions that seem so contrary today. It will also call on Muslims to discover their own Jesus, at a time when they are troubled by their own Pharisees and Zealots.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42906047348797,"sku":"9781250199355","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781250199355_p0.jpg?v=1771590676","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781250199355","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}