Gospel reliability

Despite being a paperback and having a catchy title, The Jesus Legend is a rather meaty, though tasty, morsel. On a number of pages there is more footnote than main text as the authors bring together an impressive range of bibliography to deal with such branches of knowledge as philosophy, historical method, psychology, anthropology, and theology. In the case of Boyd, I found myself asking the question how a pastor could have read so much! (No offence intended to pastors.) This book, then, is for serious readers, but deals with questions that are of relevance to all Christians.

Peter Williams