Here's a tribute from an ironically scholarly perspective. Also a general response to the Jesus was a mythical figure argument starts here with a more in-depth approach here.
...good stuff. I like the way the Englishman actually apologizes with a "... there will be no end to the line of pseudo-historical books about Jesus. For the last of these, I really must apologise on behalf of my countrymen."
yeah, well, like he points out... these are big profit making endeavors and serious qualifications to write one are minimal (hmmmm.... that's an idea)
...also, I've always thought the Flavius Josephus reference to Jesus the Christ was known by scholars to be a later addition.. apparently I was wrong about that... it is an ongoing debate.
