I couldn't do this one. Not at all. I was interested to read a very different take on Jesus than my usual Christian books, but I just could NOT get interested in this one. It read almost pretentiously against Christians, and I didn't like feeling like I was stupid for my faith. Sure, there are many historical and cultural elements of the life of Jesus that aren't represented in Scripture, and I love learning more about those, but this book was just impossible to engage with and I don't recommend it at all to anyone.