Frankly, I would like to suggest, knowing that Fr. Greeley's other great work cannot be diminished by my criticism, that [The Jesus Myth] need not have been written. First of all, I don't think he's answering the right question. There's no problem demonstrating the relevance of Jesus. He has seldom been more popular or relevant. It's the Church that appears irrelevant. Perhaps Fr. Greeley should have written a book demonstrating the relevance of the Church. There's a real challenge.

Rather, we have a work that smells of scissors, paste and the tape recorder. We have long paragraphs from Scripture scholars followed by the rambling "reflections" of the author. (p. 126)

Raymond A. Schroth, in a review of "The Jesus Myth," in America (reprinted with permission of America Press, Inc.; © 1972; all rights reserved), Vol. 126, No. 5, February 5, 1972, pp. 126-27.