Needless to say, a historian that goes against the grain of scholarly consensus has his work cut out. Yet this book reflects exactly the kind of scholarship needed to combat the beliefs by academics and theologians about the existence of Jesus. Moreover, one cannot argue that this mythicist lacks scholarly credentials. Richard Carrier holds a PhD in ancient history from Columbia University and specializes in early Roman history, especially during the formation of Christianity (who more than a qualified historian should examine the evidence for a historical person?). Moreover, Carrier uses a scientific method of examining historical claims (rare among historians) by using Bayes' theorem as a method to establish the limits of the probability of Jesus's existence.