History is replete with numerous myths of dying and resurrecting gods - Osiris, Persephone, Dionysus, Inanna, Odin, Baal, Ganesha, Krishna, Jesus the Christ.
What if there was no historical Jesus? Is Jesus a god or a mortal son of God?
Generally we regard the Jesus figure mainly from writings in the New Testament - although there were various Jesus movements in early Christianity.
When considering whether the Jesus narrative is comparable to a dying and rising god myth, we tend to pick one of these Christian narratives. Yet there could be other stories that bear revelation.
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| bodhisattvas mural - Tang Dynasty, 7th–9th century |
