Christ myth theory facts for kids
The Christ myth theory (also called the Jesus myth theory, Jesus Myth, and Christ Myth) is the idea that the person named Jesus in the Bible's Gospels is a myth. However, there is a big difference between what the words myth, historical, and fiction mean. Because of this, there are many different opinions about how the Jesus in the Gospels is a myth.
Images for kids
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A 3rd-century fragment of Paul's letter to the Romans
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French historian Constantin-François Volney, one of the earliest myth theorists
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German Professor David Strauss
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German Professor Bruno Bauer
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German Professor Arthur Drews
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Richard Carrier
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American New Testament scholar Robert M. Price
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British academic John M. Allegro
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Canadian author Tom Harpur
See also
In Spanish: Teoría del mito de Jesús para niños
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