The Jesus Puzzle

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The Jesus Puzzle (subtitled "Did Christianity begin with a mythical Christ?") is a 1999 book written by Earl Doherty, a historical scholar. This book presents many views on the origins of Christianity, and promotes the view of a mythical Jesus. Doherty's treatment of the issue has received much attention on the internet from both sides of the debate, including favourable reviews by skeptics Robert M. Price and Richard Carrier. [1]

[edit] See also

• Jesus-myth hypothesis, Jesus as myth
• The Jesus Mysteries – book by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy positing Jesus as mythological character.
• The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man – book by Robert M. Price

[edit] External links

• Earl Doherty's web site
• More articles by Earl Doherty
• Fear and Loathing in a Lost Gospel by Chris Zeichman, criticising Doherty's positions on the Q document
• "Fear and Loathing of Doherty's Use of Q by Earl Doherty, a response to Chris Zeichman's critique
• Did Jesus Exist? "Earl Doherty and the Argument to Ahistoricity", a review of The Jesus Puzzle by Richard Carrier
• Taking Apart "The Jesus Puzzle"
• The Christ Myth Revisited by Frank Zindler