Religion scholar Reza Aslan's 2013 biography of Jesus seeks to separate the man from the deity. <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2Fshows%2Ffinding-jesus" target="_blank"><em>The CNN original series "Finding Jesus" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.</em></a>
Religion scholar Reza Aslan's 2013 biography of Jesus seeks to separate the man from the deity. The CNN original series "Finding Jesus" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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Jesus experienced the full range of human emotions, Aslan writes, from rage to resignation.
Jesus experienced the full range of human emotions, Aslan writes, from rage to resignation.
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The idea of God born as a happy and helpless child inspired Aslan's own youthful and brief conversion to Christianity.
The idea of God born as a happy and helpless child inspired Aslan's own youthful and brief conversion to Christianity.
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Here Jesus is shown angrily purging the Temple in Jerusalem of money changers and traders.
Here Jesus is shown angrily purging the Temple in Jerusalem of money changers and traders.
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Jewish leaders tried to take advantage of Jesus' zealotry, Aslan writes, by trapping him into saying that Jews should not pay taxes to Caesar.
Jewish leaders tried to take advantage of Jesus' zealotry, Aslan writes, by trapping him into saying that Jews should not pay taxes to Caesar.
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Jesus was also called the "Man of Sorrows," an emotion captured here by Leonardo da Vinci.
Jesus was also called the "Man of Sorrows," an emotion captured here by Leonardo da Vinci.
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A forlorn Jesus is shown here crowned with thorns in a painting by Benedetto Bonfigli.
A forlorn Jesus is shown here crowned with thorns in a painting by Benedetto Bonfigli.
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British actor Robert Powell, shown here in Franco Zeffirelli's 1977 TV mini-series, "Jesus of Nazareth," is one of many actors who've tried to convey the complex emotions of Jesus.
British actor Robert Powell, shown here in Franco Zeffirelli's 1977 TV mini-series, "Jesus of Nazareth," is one of many actors who've tried to convey the complex emotions of Jesus.
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