Elaine Pagels, the best-selling author and Princeton professor, explores the historical mystery of Jesus in her new book 'Miracles and Wonder.' Pagels takes a historical approach, drawing on the Gospels, primary source accounts, and academic research to answer the question of who Jesus was. She challenges the doctrine of Jesus' virgin birth, suggesting it may be a later insertion into the story. Pagels presents a detailed speculation that Christianity, having failed as a political revolution, became a moral one. While her perspective finds Christian orthodoxy unsupportable, she appreciates the depth of spirituality and the irrecoverable gaps in the historical record.