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    The Christ myth theory, also known as the Jesus myth theory, Jesus mythicism, or the Jesus ahistoricity theory, is the fringe theory that the story of...
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    Jesus (redirect from Jesus Christ)
    (shawl) with tassels, a knee-length basic tunic and sandals. The Christ myth theory is the hypothesis that Jesus of Nazareth never existed; or if he did...
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  • scholars dismiss theories of Jesus's non-existence or regard them as refuted. In modern scholarship, the Christ myth theory is a fringe theory and finds virtually...
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    1954) is an American New Testament scholar who argues in favor of the Christ myth theory – the claim that a historical Jesus did not exist. Price is the author...
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  • The Christ Myth, first published in 1909, was a book by Arthur Drews on the Christ myth theory. Drews (1865–1935), along with Bruno Bauer (1809–1882) and...
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  • challenge to the first quest was The Christ Myth, first published in 1909 by Arthur Drews on the Christ myth theory and the denial of the existence of a...
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  • Docetism (redirect from Docetic Christ)
    Christ Myth (Die Christusmythe) in 1909, occasional connections have been drawn between docetist theories and the modern idea that Christ was a myth....
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  • supporting the Christ myth theory that Jesus never existed as a historical person, but was rather a mingling of various pre-Christian myths, Sun deities...
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    critics generally do support the historicity of Jesus and reject the Christ myth theory that Jesus never existed. There is widespread disagreement among scholars...
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    Charles-François Dupuis were the first modern writers to advocate the Christ myth theory, the view that Jesus had no historical existence. Volney and Dupuis...
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    from 1906 to 1918. Robertson was best known as an advocate of the Christ myth theory. Robertson was born in Brodick on the Isle of Arran; his father moved...
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    proponents of the Christ myth theory today despite criticism and dismissal by biblical scholars. Graves is discussed in The Christ Conspiracy and Suns...
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  • The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors (category Works about the Christ myth theory)
    as a source by Christ myth theory proponents, such as Dorothy M. Murdock, Tom Harpur, and John G. Jackson. Many of the same theories espoused in the...
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    Chassebœuf de Volney (1757–1820) Dupuis was known for developing the Christ myth theory, which argued that Christianity was an amalgamation of various ancient...
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    Tomb of Jesus (redirect from Tomb of Christ)
    purported to be the grave of Jesus Christ. Romey, Kristin (November 28, 2017). "Exclusive: Age of Jesus Christ's Purported Tomb Revealed". National Geographic...
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  • Jesus: Neither God Nor Man (2009). Doherty argues for a version of the Christ myth theory, the thesis that Jesus did not exist as a historical figure. Doherty...
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    Bruno Bauer (category Christ myth theory)
    In the 20th century, his work had little impact on future myth theorists. Christ myth theory proponents still assert the threefold argument originally...
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  • scholar of antiquity, Christian or non-Christian, agrees.": 15–22  The Christ myth theory is the proposition that Jesus of Nazareth never existed, or if he...
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  • conspiracy theories to flesh out their storylines, rather than to push these theories as actual suggestions. Some proponents of the Jesus-myth or Christ-myth theory...
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  • Did Jesus Exist? (Ehrman book) (category Works about the Christ myth theory)
    Joseph Hoffmann, who has repeatedly criticized supporters of the Christ Myth Theory, nevertheless called the book "exceptionally disappointing and not...
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  • The God Who Wasn't There (category Works about the Christ myth theory)
    questions the existence of Jesus, examining evidence that supports the Christ myth theory against the existence of a historical Jesus, as well as other aspects...
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  • that Christ was assumed into heaven corporeally, there are few bodily relics apart from those described as being removed or expelled from Christ's body...
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    Sources for the historicity of Jesus (category Christ myth theory)
    uncertain origin, and almost always later documents of lower value. Christ myth theory Census of Quirinius, the enrollment of the Roman provinces of Syria...
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    ISBN 0-674-99614-3 (Greek text and English translation) Bar-Jesus Christ figure Christ myth theory Jesus of Nazareth John the Baptist List of people who disappeared...
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  • Theosophist, lecturer, and self-published author. He was a proponent of the Christ myth theory. Born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Kuhn studied the Ancient Greek...
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    early development of Christianity. Despite his initial skepticism of Christ myth theory, since late 2005 Carrier has considered it "very probable Jesus never...
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  • and New Testament at the University of Toronto, which supports the Christ myth theory. Harpur claims that the New Testament shares a large number of similarities...
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  • This is a partial list of people who have been categorized as Christ myth theory proponents, the belief that "the historical Jesus did not exist. Or if...
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    Rationalist Press Association Annual. Greenly was an advocate of the Christ myth theory. He was the author of the booklet The Historical Reality of Jesus:...
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  • Jewish views on Jesus (category Christ myth theory)
    Talmud and rabbinic literature". Christian–Jewish reconciliation Christ myth theory Criticism of Christianity Rejection of Jesus Criticism of Jesus Judaism's...
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