Category
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Sol Invictus
Solar deity of the later Roman Empire
historicity of Jesus
debate whether Jesus was a historical figure
Christ myth theory
opinion that biblical Jesus was purely fictional
Judaism's view of Jesus
Jesus is viewed as having been the most influential and, consequently, the most damaging of all false prophets
dying-and-rising deity
religious motif in which a deity dies and is resurrected
historical sources about Jesus
sources about Jesus as historical character
Thomas L. Thompson
biblical scholar and theologian
history of religions school
group of German Protestant theologians in the 1890s associated to the University of Göttingen who used higher criticism to compare Christianity to other religions
Jesus Christ in comparative mythology
comparative mythology study of Jesus Christ
radical criticism
19th century movement that denied authentic authorship of the Pauline epistles