John - I apologize, I will keep it civil now and above the belt.

"I simply stated her achievements cannot be taken as conclusive that she is any more honest a scholar than the scheister down the street."
Actually, it speaks quite a bit about her. Just being a part of an Ivy League doesn't automatically qualify you, yes; George Bush went to an Ivy League school (though never did well). But it does call for you to put a little more then the slight cursory judgment you used in forming an opinion on a woman you are clearly very unfamiliar with. Yes, the achievements don't say it all, her work says a lot more than her achievements.

Do you understand her work? Do you understand that the Catholic church has a very serious agenda to speak against her? You know much of her work challenges and destroys the validity of Catholic orthodoxy. The Nag Hammadi Library was previously to 1945 unknown, because they were much of the texts that the Catholics deemed heretical and destroyed as a result of the 4th century Nicene council. These were scriptures written by the disciples, and some of the future generations of apostleship. Do you understand that she has been the greatest contributor to research and exposition of the NHL since its discovery?

The revelations that the NHL show us demonstrate various traditions of 1st century theology and doctrine. The story of John 14:1-7 was an incorporation of a contemporary methodological argument with specific developments of a late 1st century work. The recognition that John pays to the Thomasine tradition reveal an author espoused to the Thomasine tradition. If you are familiar with Theology, Familiar with modern orthodoxy, you know this discovery is huge. This discovery was made possible through her work.

Was her discovery of the Thomasine argument in the John Gospel unimportant, irrelevant? Is she sound in understanding historical events and religious/doctrinal origins? Is her interpretation of the Torah solid and grounded? You state an opposing position, what of her work is it that you call into question?

I am not confident of my self, I am confident of her work.