[WT Sharpe]

I'm currently reading The Historical Jesus in Context edited by Amy-Jill Levine, Dale C. Allison Jr., and John Dominic Crossan, and I can't believe all the typos I'm encountering. To be sure, it's pretty obvious that they all originated as scanning errors but you'd think a book published in 2009 by Princeton University Press and that includes such luminaries within its covers as Amy-Jill Levine, John Dominic Crossan, Ben Witherington III, and 27 other academics would be more carefully examined for common mistakes prior to release. There are scan errors on practically every page. What's up with that? After paying all those professors for their contributions, didn't Princeton have any money left to hire a proofreader? Fortunately, I only paid $15.37 (it's currently selling for $25.49). I guess I could have avoided all the scan errors by buying the print edition, but that's $43.95 for the paperback and over $80.00 for the hardcover.

My opinion so far? The scholarship is excellent and this is a great book to add to your collection if you're interested in knowing more about early Christianity and the world in which it developed, but be prepared to scratch your head at more than a few scan errors in the text.