Christ myth theory

Solar deity of the later Roman Empire

debate whether Jesus was a historical figure

opinion that biblical Jesus was purely fictional

Jesus is viewed as having been the most influential and, consequently, the most damaging of all false prophets

religious motif in which a deity dies and is resurrected

sources about Jesus as historical character

biblical scholar and theologian

group of German Protestant theologians in the 1890s associated to the University of Göttingen who used higher criticism to compare Christianity to other religions

comparative mythology study of Jesus Christ

19th century movement that denied authentic authorship of the Pauline epistles