The combination of solid scholarship and literary grace was recognized by Christianity Today in its 1993 book awards: Noll's History was cited as both a Critics Choice Award and a Readers» Poll winner in the history and biography category. (firstthings.com)
An utterly fascinating ramble through the constituting stories of Jewish and Christian tradition, combining solid scholarship and intellectual liveliness with a winsome style that makes the book a delight for both the specialist and the general reader. (firstthings.com)
Though the tradition of solid scholarship and painstaking research still persists in some parts of academe, many of the theologians who gain national press and prestige today do so either as clever faddists or as facile exegetes of what had seemed profundities. (religion-online.org)