As a literature/language teacher, I cannot start a book and not finish it. However, this book caused me to buy a speed reading program because it definitely is not one a reader would wish to savor unless he is looking for something to substantiate his lack of faith in Christ. It's a bit good for that, but it's really not good even then because some ignorant carpenter from Nazareth is not going to sit down and write a diary - duh!! He's probably not even going to know how to spell Aramaic if he does speak it. Didn't people used to say, "What good could come out of Nazareth?" Of course, I'm a believer in Jesus Christ as my savior. I know what good came out of Nazareth: intrensic good. (And, no everyone does not have to believe that just because I do.) A better book for believers is "A Skeleton in God's Closet." At least this one lets you know just how important the resurrection is to us all.