Unclear on the Concept?

I received an announcement today about a forthcoming 4-volume work entitled Handbook for the Study of the Historical Jesus. To be published by E. J. Brill, this work will range a whopping 3300 pages.

On the one hand, even though I’m not a prophet, I predict that no matter how vast, broad, deep or detailed this work may be, it will not satisfy most mythicists.

But on the other hand, there is room for criticism of the scholarly publishers involved in this project too. “Handbook”? Really?! A 4-volume, 3300 page, $1,329.00 handbook?!