1. Christ myth theory

    Opinion that biblical Jesus was purely fictional

    The Christ myth theory, also known as the Jesus myth theory, Jesus mythicism, or the Jesus ahistoricity theory, is the fringe view that the story of Jesus is a work of mythology with no historical substance. Alternatively, in terms given by Bart Ehrman paraphrasing Earl Doherty, it is the view that "the historical Jesus did not exist. Or if he did, he had virtually nothing to do with the founding of Christianity." The mainstream scholarly consensus, developed in the three quests for the historical Jesus, holds that there was a historical Jesus of Nazareth who lived in 1st-century-AD Roman Judea, but his baptism and crucifixion are the only facts of his life about which a broad consensus exists. Beyond that, mainstream scholars have no consensus about the historicity of other major aspects of the gospel stories, nor the extent to which they and the Pauline epistles may have replaced the historical Jesus with a supernatural Christ of faith. Wikipedia

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    The Christ myth theory, also known as the Jesus myth theory, Jesus mythicism, or the Jesus ahistoricity theory, [1] [q 1] is the fringe view that the story of Jesus is a work of mythology with no historical substance. [q 2] Alternatively, in terms given by Bart Ehrman paraphrasing Earl Doherty, it is the view that "the historical Jesus did not exist.Or if he did, he had virtually nothing to do ...
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  4. gotquestions.org

    The claim that Jesus was a myth or an exaggeration originated in the writings of liberal German theologians in the nineteenth century. They essentially said that Jesus was nothing more than a copy of popular dying-and-rising fertility gods in various places—Tammuz in Mesopotamia, Adonis in Syria, Attis in Asia Minor, and Horus in Egypt. ...
  5. christianity.com

    Jesus was a myth that came true. This proved to be a changing point in the conversation and a key part of Lewis accepting theism. He wouldn't become a full-fledged Christian until later—after a motorcycle ride with his brother Warnie. Still, the conversation with Dyson and Tolkien brought an important change.
  6. en.wikipedia.org

    This myth is one of the closest parallels between Mithras and Jesus. [123] Both Christians and Mithraists used water as a symbol for their respective saviours. [123] In the New Testament, Jesus is referred to as the "water of life" [123] and a votive altar to Mithras from Poetovio proclaims him as the fons perennis ("the ever-flowing stream ...
  7. en.wikipedia.org

    The historicity of Jesus is the question of whether Jesus historically existed (as opposed to being a purely mythological figure). The question of historicity was generally settled in scholarship in the early 20th century. [1] [2] [3] [note 1] Today scholars agree that a Jewish man named Jesus of Nazareth did exist in the Herodian Kingdom of Judea and the subsequent Herodian tetrarchy in the ...
  8. passionequip.com

    Sep 11, 2024After looking at how different ancient historians refer to Jesus, we will consider the general argument that Jesus is a myth. Sources about Jesus. While the New Testament provides the most extensive record of Jesus's life, several non-Christian authors mention him outside of the biblical text. These writers, detached from the Christian ...
  9. Feb 15, 2024For 'Christ myth' scholars, the Jesus story fits the outlines of the mythic hero archetype. Another is the Egyptian myth of the murdered god-king Osiris. His wife, Isis, finds his body, restores it to life and, via a flash of lightning in one version, conceives his son, Horus, who succeeds him. Osiris goes on to rule over the dead.
  10. jesusneverexisted.com

    Dec 10, 2024Mythicism, or the Christ Myth Theory, posits that Jesus Christ, as described in the New Testament, is not a historical figure but a mythological or allegorical creation. Proponents of this theory argue that the accounts of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection are rooted in earlier religious myths, literary traditions, and theological ...
  11. newworldencyclopedia.org

    The Jesus myth hypothesis, or simply Jesus myth, refers to the theory that Jesus never existed, and that his story is actually a syncretism of previous myths and mystery religions that were prevalent in the ancient world. According to this theory, the figure of Jesus is a mythical composite character based on earlier belief systems or ...

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