Making of the Messiah: Christianity and Resentment

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Summary: Great look at Christ and the origins of Christianity.
Review: For anyone who wants to take a challenging, intellectually viable look at the creation of Christianity. Many people proclaim to "believe in the Bible" without knowing anything of the Bible's history or of the motivations of those who wrote it. It seems to me that one cannot claim to be a true believer or disbeliever in the stories of the bible without first questioning the validity of the writings contained therein. This book presents an interesting, and well documented theory which accounts for many of the discrepancies in the "synoptic" gospels. It is a pointed reminder that the bible was written by early church beaurocrats - not witnesses to the events of Christ's life

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Summary: Revealing book
Review: This book is written well. Sheaffer documents his sources well. He brings up a lot of interesting points about the life of Jesus. I would reccommend this book to both christian and nonchristian as a good book to reveal the inconsistencies in the bible. His chapter on Nietzsche and Der Antichrist is informative and instructive as regarding christians as a whole. I think it would benefit people a lot if they read this book with an open mind and took heed of the arguments. Most of his arguments are valid based on the evidence. Although his use of the Toldoth Jeshu and it's supposed antiquity is questionable. I know even though most christians don't read much that challenges their faith it would be instructive for them to read this.