This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Full view hathitrust digital library hathitrust digital library. And science there are people who, independently of the debate about dumezil. Christian heinrich arthur drews was a german writer, historian, philosopher, and important representative of german monist thought.
The christ myth, first published in 1909, was a book by arthur drews on the christ myth theory. The christ myth by arthur drews was published early in 1909, and before the year was out its author was being. Drews 18651935, along with bruno bauer 18091882 and. It is an unfortunate coincidence that studies of the indo european language community flourished at a time when nationalism, and a tendency to see history in racial terms, was on. The early iron age potters field in the area of the classical athenian agora hesperia supplement 31. Both william benjamin smith and arthur drews denied the historicity of jesus christ, but, unlike most exponents of the myth thesis, they were dedicated theists who thought that by purging religion of all its legendary accretions, they were providing an important cleanup service and equipping it with the tools to efficiently withstand the. This article was published in the international journal of ethics 18901938, which is continued by ethics 1938present. Publication date 1911 topics jesus christ publisher chicago, open court collection. One deadlock its called the all day squirm and is per. Classics in the study of religion drews, arthur, burns, c.