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After a vituperative introduction, the book settles down to an interesting discussion about the difficulties of textual analysis and dating of ancient documents. There's a section (too long) on why journalism picks up the most radical and unfounded theories, but, by and large, the book is an interesting contrast to those put out by the members of the Jesus Project.

This guy is priceless. On page 15 he accuses the decline in the quality of scholarship in the field "above all [on] the influx of women scholars" who can't do good research but interpret data to reinforce their preset agenda. I do have to admit that I appreciate it when he compares the modern American spiritual search to the "quest for the inner child."

We'll see if I manage to finish the book.

Thank heavens for Youtube as not all clips are provided on the website.