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The Jesus Problem: A Restatement of the Myth Theory (Classic Reprint)
The Jesus Problem A Restatement of the Myth Theory - Classic Reprint Author:J. M. Robertson THE JESUS PROBLEM CHAPTER I THE APPROACH As was explained in the preamble to THE HISTORICAL JESUS (HH6), that work was offered as prolegomena to a concise restatement of the theory that the Gospel Jesus is a mythical construction. That theory had been discursively expounded by the writer in hovo large volumes, CHRISTIANITY AND MYTHOLOGY and PAGA... more »N CIlRISTS, and summarily in A SHORT HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY, the argument in the two former combining a negat.ive criticism of the New Testament narrative with an exposition of the myth-evidence. Criticism having in iargo Part taken the form of a denial that the records were unhistorical, it was necessary to clear the ground by showing that all the various attempts of the past generation to find in the gospels a historical residuum have entirely failed to meet critical tests. Those attempts, conflicting as they do with each other, and collapsing as they do in themselves, give undesigned support to the conclusion th
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CONTENTS; PREFATORY NOTE ?; CHAPTER I-THE APPROACH; CIIAPTER H-THE CENTRAL 11YTH; § 1 The Ground of Conflict; § 2 The Sacrificial I~ite ; § 3 Contingent Elements; § 4 The Mock-King Ritual; § 5 Doctrinal Additiolls ; § 6 Minor Ritual and Myth Elements; § 7 The Cross; § 8 The Suffering Messiah; § 9 The Rock Tomb; § 10 The Resurrection; CUAPTER IlL-ROOTS OF THE :MYTH; § 1 Historical Data; § 2 Prototypes; § 3 The Mystery-Drama; CIIAl'TIl:R IV-EVOLUTION OF THE CULT; § ) The Primary Impulsion; § 2 The Silence of Josephus ; § 3 The )lyth of the Twelve Apostles; § 4 Tho Process of Propaganda; § 5 Real Determinants ; CHAPTER V-ORGANIZATION AND ECONO}'I1CS ; § 1 'l'he Economio Sille ; § 2 Organization; (JHUTER Vr-EARLY BOOK·MAKING; § 1 The "J)ida,che "; § 2 The Apocalypse; § 3 EpistloB ?; '; PAGE; vii; I; 24; 24; 31; 39; 50; 53; 57; 61; 64; 67; 70; 72« less