Bill Cooke's Misleading, Meritless Review

Richard Carrier argues that Bill Cooke's review of The Obsolete Paradigm of a Historical Jesus misrepresents both his arguments and the evidence, claiming the review ignores key sections of the book while attributing positions to him that he explicitly rejects. Carrier maintains that readers should judge his case directly from his work, asserting that his mythicist conclusions rest on a broad evaluation of historical evidence rather than the selective, inaccurate portrayal presented in Cooke's review. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://secularhumanism.org/2026/07/bill-cookes-misleading-meritless-review/ About the Author: Richard Carrier holds a PhD in the history of ancient science from Columbia University and is the author of ten books including The Scientist in the Early Roman Empire (Pitchstone, 2017). Subscribe to Free Inquiry: https://secularhumanism.org/subscribe/