controversy
Christ myth theory
Also known as Jesus mythicism
undated
Minority view that Jesus did not exist as a historical person; nearly all specialists in antiquity reject it (see Ehrman 2012), while Carrier and Price defend it.
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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 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."
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