I have spent considerable time showing just how problematic Reza Aslan’s view of Jesus is, as he set it forth in his bestsellingZealot. But it is not enough to attack someone else’s position if you don’t agree with it. You also have to have an alternative that is more attractive. So it’s time to move into that realm.

As I have repeatedly stated on this blog, the view of Jesus that has dominated scholarship since the classic of Albert Schweitzer in 1906,The Quest of the Historical Jesus(actuall...