I found this book from a footnote in some other book - by Borg I think. I had a Christmas break and tried reading Raymond Brown's The Birth of the Messiah but it was too long. This one was a better synthesis of the research. Full of interesting twists and interpretations of individual verses. Very close reading of the text, which could be useful for those teaching Sunday School lessons.

I read a portion to my son and daughter-in-law. They're devout Christians of a more literal sort than More...

A bit of a warning - pull out your highlighter and find a quite room if you want to read this. Thought provoking and convincing, this book I found to be worth the struggle - if you're into that kind of thing.

An excellent book of higher criticism of the narrative stories in the New Testament, there relationship to other narratives, and some early Christian writings containing narratives about the childhood of the Jesus character.

I feel like this is a landmark book, but to be honest, I skimmed a decent amount. Not because of the fault of the author, but I think more because I am growing a bit tired of the genre at the moment.