TheChrist myth theory (also called theJesus myth theory) is the theory thatJesus ofNazareth, theGod ofChristianity and of theBible'sGospels, is merely amyth. The Christ myth theory is afringe theory, supported by few historians, mostly atheists.[1][2][web 1][q 1] It deviates from the main historical view, which is that a historical Jesus who wascrucified in the 1st-century Roman province ofJudea.[3][4] There are different meaning used for the wordmyth.[5][6][7][8] Because of this, there are many different views about how Jesus could be a myth.
