That which does not kill makes you stronger...right? I dunno the reading was just difficult for me. Not that I was not intelligent enough to read it, but rather I was insulted by the ridiculous theories I was forced to endure. For one of my discussion points I actually played with the idea that Johnson exaggerated some of the theories just to dramatize the situation. I was shocked that such aweful ideas about Jesus could be made up by men and women who claim to be some sort of Believer. I am not sure that is possible, but I will let them work it out with their own fear and trembling. I found the reading about the liberal school verses the conservative very applicable to today's society. It makes no sense for a secular university to try to offer programs about a book that they are really hindered from fully understanding. It would be like wanting to study a book in a language you knew you could never speak... worthless. But in a world where everything is worthless, what is the alternative?
I was relieved when Johnson got to the point. My favorite was the support he offered from Pauline material. He systematically gave line after line of viable quotes that prove that a theology was rising up. It was not just Paul; it was many NT writings bringing to light a historical Jesus that was by no means an insult to the intelligent. I learned alot. I would never in my life have choosen that book for myself, but I am very glad to have come out alive.
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