They would become not only the greatest dramatists in history creating a character who was so real as to be believed by millions for thousands of years, but the greatest theologians and philosophers as well. These facts are doubly impressive when set against the character of known mythological development. Centuries of Hebrew history were less than 40 years from completion. About all myths there is something grotesque. In appearance, Jesus was just a man.
Myths reflect their time, place, and race.
The story of Jesus is set in a definite time frame of Roman and Jewish history. Myths defy topography as they do chronology. Almost every story in the life of Jesus is set in specific location. Myths are not completed at once. All myths belong to the infancy, never to the age of any nation.