“Who is to blame for the greatest myth in the history of science and religion? These two guys.”

“Who is to blame for the greatest myth in the history of science and religion? These two guys.”

 

Cornell U. today
At the campus of Cornell University today  (Wikimedia CC image by Stilfehler at wikivoyage)

 

Although I haven’t done a systematic survey, my sense is that the argument made in this brief article is pretty much the standard view now among historians who’ve considered the matter.  It’s not really even controversial:

 

https://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/evangelical-history/2017/02/01/who-is-to-blame-for-the-greatest-myth-in-the-history-of-science-and-religion-these-two-guys/

 

But the truth may surprise a lot of nonspecialists, and the myth lives robustly on.

 

 


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