An interesting concept. In this case a little more technological as the means of presenting Paul and Muhammads' arguments is as if they are able to be there in person via some new technology but the concept as a whole, to have 2 (or a few) people from history debate one another is not original. Nonetheless, to have the Apostle Paul interact with Muhammad is valuable. Paul, is on the hot seat as it were to "prove" the resurrection of Jesus. Muhammad has the easier task of presenting an argument to cast doubt on that fact of history. As a Christian, I believe that Paul takes the day as he goes to the writings of others in history to show how the most reasonable, most likely case, is that Jesus did truly die, was buried and was then resurrected and was seen by multiple eyewitnesses. The arguments that Muhammad presents, in my opinion, were nothing more than a rehash of historic Islamic doctrine with suppositions in the place of agreed upon historical facts. His reconstruction of the events of that first Easter weekend are, to my mind, fanciful and unconvincing.
The book itself is well written and well organized in a mock discussion/debate format with a moderator and the 2 debaters. The framework device of the holographic presentation of the 2 primaries is not too obtrusive and only slightly off-putting. Nonetheless, Licona is well placed to present these arguments with his background in theology and history. Possibly the Muslim side of the debate could have been strengthened had a Muslim scholar had more input into the Islamic ways of thinking...although it appears that Licona did make use of a former Muslim's insights. Well worth reading. This book will give you food for thought. ( )