In his book Misquoting Muhammad, Brown argues that the “depth and breadth” of the early Muslim scholars’ achievement in assessing the authenticity of sayings and texts “dwarfed” that of the fathers of the Christian church.[10] The book received a number of positive reviews,[11][12][13] and was named as one of the top books on religion of 2014 by The Independent.[14] One review of the book in a Catholic journal called it "generous to a fault when it comes to remarks about Christianity."[15]