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I just finished this, and although the Washington Post review is worded very harshly, I'm in basic agreement with it.

"Whether Jesus was the soul of mercy or, as some historians have claimed, a political rabble-rouser, the one quality he must have had in order to live through the millennia was spirit. ... Rice has sucked the life out of the greatest story ever told."

The afterward is an interesting peek into Rice's mind. She makes some valid criticism about the nastiness of some "skeptic" New Testament scholars, but basically does the same thing she accuses them of - make sweeping claims without any actual evidence.

I'm disappointed because I was hoping a writer of her stature could put some "meat on the bones" of an ancient period that continues to be shrouded in the clouds of time.



Peski
"Marge, don’t discourage the boy! Weaseling out of something is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel." - Homer Simpson