Στην ιστοσελίδα The Bible and Interpretation έχει αναρτηθεί ένα σύντομο άρθρο του Bruce Chilton. Με αφορμή τα βιβλία για τον Ιησού του Geza Vermes και του Reza Aslan σχολιάζει τη στροφή στις σπουδές για τον ιστορικό Ιησού που αυτά σηματοδοτούν και κυρίως τον τονισμός της ιουδαϊκής ταυτότητας του Ιησού. Ασκεί, ωστόσο, κριτική στο ότι κι οι δύο αποφεύγουν να τονίσουν την κεντρική θέση της έννοιας της Βασιλείας του Θεού στο κήρυγμά του και καταλήγει:
"As I pointed out in an earlier essay in Bible & Interpretation (In My View: from “The Historical Jesus” to understanding Jesus, historically), how we prefer to think about Jesus should not determine the results of historical research concerning what he said and did. You might like him to be an ideological figure of some sort, a champion of the Trinity or a poster child for charisma or a political activist, but his signature concern for the kingdom of God shows that his motives were in fact religious. He anticipated that his followers would put into action the same care for one another and for enemies that God displayed, as part of the global transformation that he believed was unfolding. You might like or dislike his vision, but it is not quite honest to cover it up with truncated history."
Bruce Chilton,
"Giving the Jewish Jesus his Religion Back"