Kevin McClure, reviewing the book for Fortean Times commented how the author was unable to obtain photographs of the said papyri, adding that "Baigent records no further effort to investigate these supposedly amazing documents, and appears not to have approached any academic body or community for help". The Biblical historian Craig Evans has described the book as "one of the worst examples of pseudo-scholarship ever published".
Kevin McClure, reviewing the book for Fortean Times, criticized the author's inability to obtain photographs of the papyri and noted that Baigent did not pursue further investigation or seek help from academic experts.  Biblical historian Craig Evans labeled the book as "one of the worst examples of pseudo-scholarship ever published".