{"id":426,"date":"2013-09-27T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html"},"modified":"2014-07-27T18:57:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T23:57:08","slug":"five-myths-about-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html","title":{"rendered":"Five Myths about Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-nVQR6ooe9sg\/UkXPukfYVNI\/AAAAAAAADek\/3V8ztl8b5PA\/s1600\/jesus.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-nVQR6ooe9sg\/UkXPukfYVNI\/AAAAAAAADek\/3V8ztl8b5PA\/s200\/jesus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/five-myths-about-jesus\/2013\/09\/26\/b08e8272-1c98-11e3-82ef-a059e54c49d0_story.html?tid=ts_carousel\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">In an article for the Washington Post,<\/a> author Reza Aslan outlines five common myths about Jesus. He says in the article that \u201cno historical figure is more deeply mired in legend and myth than Jesus of Nazareth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aslan is the author the book, \u201cZealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.\u201d \u00a0He explains the truth behind each myth in his Post story.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;\">Jesus was born in Bethlehem.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;\">Jesus was an only child.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;\">Jesus had 12 disciples.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;\">Jesus had a trial before Pontius Pilate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;\">Jesus was buried in a tomb<strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an article for the Washington Post, author Reza Aslan outlines five common myths about Jesus. He says in the article that \u201cno historical figure is more deeply mired in legend and myth than Jesus of Nazareth.\u201d Aslan is the author the book, \u201cZealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.\u201d \u00a0He explains the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1838,"featured_media":4363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Five Myths about Jesus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In an article for the Washington Post, author Reza Aslan outlines five common myths about Jesus. He says in the article that &quot;no historical figure is more\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Five Myths about Jesus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In an article for the Washington Post, author Reza Aslan outlines five common myths about Jesus. He says in the article that &quot;no historical figure is more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Religions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-27T14:38:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-07-27T23:57:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2013\/09\/jesus-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"517\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"534\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"George G. Coe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"George G. Coe\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html\",\"name\":\"Five Myths about Jesus\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-27T14:38:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-27T23:57:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#\/schema\/person\/c8608c711b76ea4be3eb28f4ed317e2f\"},\"description\":\"In an article for the Washington Post, author Reza Aslan outlines five common myths about Jesus. He says in the article that \\\"no historical figure is more\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Five Myths about Jesus\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/\",\"name\":\"World Religions\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#\/schema\/person\/c8608c711b76ea4be3eb28f4ed317e2f\",\"name\":\"George G. Coe\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/author\/gccoe\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Five Myths about Jesus","description":"In an article for the Washington Post, author Reza Aslan outlines five common myths about Jesus. He says in the article that \"no historical figure is more","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Five Myths about Jesus","og_description":"In an article for the Washington Post, author Reza Aslan outlines five common myths about Jesus. He says in the article that \"no historical figure is more","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html","og_site_name":"World Religions","article_published_time":"2013-09-27T14:38:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-07-27T23:57:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":517,"height":534,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2013\/09\/jesus-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"George G. Coe","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"George G. Coe"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html","name":"Five Myths about Jesus","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-09-27T14:38:00+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-27T23:57:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#\/schema\/person\/c8608c711b76ea4be3eb28f4ed317e2f"},"description":"In an article for the Washington Post, author Reza Aslan outlines five common myths about Jesus. He says in the article that \"no historical figure is more","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/09\/five-myths-about-jesus.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Five Myths about Jesus"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/","name":"World Religions","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/#\/schema\/person\/c8608c711b76ea4be3eb28f4ed317e2f","name":"George G. Coe","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/author\/gccoe"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1838"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}