The truth according to Bart D. Ehrman

[Jackalope]

So, you'd like him to read it for you, so that you both can discuss something that only one of you has read?

I might have been less charitable in my response.

Oh please, it's common to reference a book or article and summarize the argument, or just make the argument without reference. You're being ridiculous.

Am I?

So it's reasonable for someone to make a thread critical of an author's work, having not read it, and ask someone else to summarize said author's arguments? When said author's bibiography consists of approximately two dozen lengthy, scholarly books?

Yep, one of us is being unreasonable all right.