Robertson, a leading British rationalist and Liberal MP, summarises arguments from his larger books Christianity and Mythology and Pagan Christs. He argues that the gospel story grew from sacrificial rites, a mock-king ritual and Jewish messianic hopes rather than from a historical teacher, and answers his critics on each point.
A key text of the Christ-myth debate; mainstream historians reject its conclusion, but it documents early twentieth-century freethought. Download the free EPUB.