in their society". However, he concludes that her way of "redressing the balance" in accounts of Jesus is "totally absurd": Several writers have compared the book to fantasy fiction. In a critical review of the book's conclusions and methodology, Ancient Historian and New Testament scholar C.B. Forbes concludes that "Her books cannot be described as history. They are extraordinary fantasy, and have been dismissed as such by historians around the world." C. Stephen Evans says the book "clearly borders on fantasy". Florentino García Martínez, the editorial secretary of the Revue de Qumran, has called her work "science fiction", disconnected from all historical and literary reality. Edna Ullman-Margalit, a former professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, wrote "As an example consider the case of Barbara Thiering. She claims that the scrolls are the product of rivalry between the supporters of John the Baptist, identified with the scrolls’ “Teacher of Righteousness”, and Jesus, identified with the “Man of the Lie”. For my purposes this theory must be considered altogether initially outlandish, given the scientifically definitive dating (based mostly on paleographical and on radiocarbon techniques) of the scrolls to a period well before the birth of Christianity (Thiering, 1992). Thiering's theory, by the way, is a good example of a fringe theory that is popular with the media." See also Historicity of Jesus References External links Pesher Technique website of Dr. Barbara Thiering A Review of Jesus the Man by C.B. Forbes, Macquarie University 1992 non-fiction books Books critical of Christianity Books about Jesus Historical perspectives on Jesus Swoon hypothesis