10 Facts About Earl Doherty

Earl J Doherty was born on 1941 and is a Canadian author of The Jesus Puzzle, Challenging the Verdict, and Jesus: Neither God Nor Man.

Earl Doherty says that Paul thought of Jesus as a spiritual being executed in a spiritual realm.

Earl Doherty has stated he has a bachelor's degree in Ancient History and Classical Languages, but no completed advanced degrees.

Earl Doherty self-published a 2005 re-release of The Jesus Puzzle under his own imprint, Age of Reason Publications, along with two other books.

Earl Doherty asserts that Christianity began with a belief in a spiritual, mythical figure, that the Gospels are essentially allegory and fiction, and that no single identifiable person named Jesus lay at the root of the Galilean preaching tradition.

Earl Doherty has used the title "The Jesus Puzzle" for four different works.

Earl Doherty says that the Jesus myth was given a historical setting only by the second generation of Christians, somewhere between the 1st and 2nd century.

Earl Doherty further says that even the author of the Gospel of Mark probably did not consider his gospel to be a literal work of history, but an allegorical midrashic composition based on the Old Testament prophecies.

In 2009, Earl Doherty self-published a revised edition of his book, with a new title of Jesus: Neither God nor Man, expanded by incorporating the rebuttals to criticisms received since 1999 and accumulated on his website.

Earl Doherty has responded that his work owes very little to Wells.