Origins of the Christ Myth Bruno Bauer (1809-1882) -earliest writer to definitely claim that Jesus never existed -a German theologian -story of Jesus invented by Mark, convinced everyone else of his Gospel's authenticity -had little impact on mainstream scholarship Arthur Drews (1865-1935) -professor of philosophy, The Christ Myth (1911) -based his work on history of religions school represented by James Frazer's The Golden Bough
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