Original sentence: Acharya S is probably the most popular proponent of this view among mainstream readers.Additional popularization occurred with Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, co-authors of  The Jesus Mysteries and Jesus and the Lost Goddess, who are both popular writers on mysticism, with Gandy having an MA in ancient pagan mystery religions.In recent years, opinions of a purely or primarily mythical Christ have been advanced by Emeritus Professor of German George Albert Wells (The Jesus Legend and The Jesus Myth).These ideas have been taken up directly by Alvar Ellegard  and advanced further by authors like Earl Doherty (The Jesus Puzzle), (ancient history)
Edited sentence: Another proponent is Earl Doherty (The Jesus Puzzle), who has a degree in ancient history.In recent years, opinions of a purely mythical Christ have been advanced by Emeritus Professor of German George Albert Wells (The Jesus Legend and The Jesus Myth) and by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, co-authors of  The Jesus Mysteries and Jesus and the Lost Goddess, who are both popular writers on mysticism, with Gandy having an MA in ancient pagan mystery religions.In spite of Frazer's verdict that attempts to build a case of the non-historicity of Jesus from mythological parallels are "unworthy of serious attention", such attempts have been repeatedly made.Presently, as in Frazer's time, New Testament scholars and historians consider the question as resolved in favour of Jesus' historicity