Jesus the Revolutionary: Q&A with Reza Aslan: TheNation 7/25

Reza Aslan: Crucifixion was a punishment that Rome reserved exclusively for the crime of sedition, for crimes against the state. If you know nothing else about Jesus except that his life ended on the cross at Golgotha, you know enough to understand who he was and what kind of threat he posed to Rome.
continued at TheNation.com, HERE.