This book is not an exercise in either theology or historiography. It's more an exploration of simple affection and/or repulsion. The book seeks to find out, by looking at one account of Jesus--the Gospel of Matthew--whether we can like him. If Jesus is actually God, then our emotional reaction to him, as opposed to our intellectual response, becomes tremendously important: would we like God if we met him, heard him speak, and saw him in action? Would...