to this study, but here we must say a few things about the other three works. Baigent’s work is the easiest to deal with, as it requires that Baigent explain away all the evidence we have from Paul (our earliest New Testament writer), from the canonical gospels, from Josephus, and from Roman sources (such as Tacitus and later Suetonius) that Jesus suffered the extreme penalty and died from crucifixion under and at the hands of Pontius Pilate. Not many people are taking seriously Baigent’s attempts