Michael:

Thank you for the thoughtful note. What makes dealing with Crossan so hard is that there is a substantial portion of what he says that is correct. However what is wrong is really wrong--and the emphases he gives the correct material produces a significant distortion. The danger of taking off "the kid gloves" is that the necessary nuancing could be lost in the directness of the response, because that direct response will be all people will see. Critiques should teach as well as assess. That was the goal of our book and thus the tone of that chapter.

dlb