Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography By John Crossan

Throughout my readings of Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography by John Crossan, I went in with somewhat low expectations. My reason for this was that the topic of religion, christianity especially was something I did not have too much care for. After finishing the book however, it did enlighten some questions I had on the religion. One answer that came into light when I read the book was concerning the gospels and testaments. I wonder why was there a need to have so many different variants, with minor differences in between them. As I went through the book, it becomes a bit more clear to me, as combining the different perspectives of Christianity will allow for a great combined experience. The second thing that was a bit more clear was on the topic of other great Christian tales such as the tale with Moses and how it relates to Jesus.
Thanks to Crossan’s perspective on the two, it really gave me an interesting outlook not on just Christian stories, but to the religion as well. The comparison and contrast between Moses and Jesus was rather interesting since I have not even consider the relationship with varying stories across Christianity history. Lastly, the way Crossan challenges his own beliefs within his work was peculiar as well. Crossan challenges Christianity in many ways, such as the importance of Jesus, the customs of his followers and even questions the multiple accounts of