TY - BOOK AU - Litwa,M.David TI - How the Gospels became history: Jesus and Mediterranean myths T2 - Synkrisis SN - 0300242638 AV - BS2555.6.H55 L58 2019 U1 - 226.067 23 KW - Bible KW - Gospels KW - Historiography N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Introduction: The Gospels, mythography, and historiography -- Jesus myth theory -- A theory of comparison -- Incarnation -- Genealogy -- Divine conception -- Dream visions and prophecies -- Magi and the star -- Child in danger, child of wonder -- The righteous lawgiver -- Miracles -- The pharmakos -- Empty tombs and translation -- Disappearance and recognition -- Ascent -- Eyewitnesses -- Conclusion: The myth of historicity ER -