it bears witness to historic belief in the divinity of Jesus. As such, our approach is primarily historical rather than theological. Of course, history and theology are inextricably linked. But our starting point is not belief in the Bible as divinely inspired or infallible—or anything similar. We believe that when the tools of the historian are applied to the biblical text, it builds its own case for its unique character. Or as one British scholar said, “We treat the Bible like any other book to