Dorothy M. Murdock
| Dorothy Milne Murdock | |
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| Born | 1961 Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | December 25, 2015 (aged 53–54) |
| Pen name | Acharya S |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Classics (Ancient Greece) |
| Alma mater | Franklin & Marshall College |
| Subject | History of religions |
| Notable works | The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold (1999) |
| Years active | 1999–2014 |
| Website | |
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Dorothy Milne Murdock (1961 – December 25, 2015), better known by her pen names Acharya S and D. M. Murdock, was an American internet personality and a proponent of the Christ myth theory, a theory that states Jesus of Nazareth, the founder of Christianity never existed. She wrote and operated a website focused on history, religion and spirituality, and astro-theology. She argued that the Christian canon, as well as its important figures, were based on Roman, Greek, Egyptian, and other myths. Her theories have been poorly received by mainstream scholars.
Murdock was born to James Milne Murdock and Beatrice Murdock in Massachusetts and grew up in Avon, Connecticut. She received a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree in Classics, Greek Civilization, from Franklin and Marshall College, after which she spent a year at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece.
She died of breast cancer that spread into her immune system and liver on December 25, 2015. Murdock had one son, Jason, and she was known as "Dori" to loved ones.
Murdock began her website, Truth Be Known, in 1995.
In 1999, as Acharya S, she published her first book, The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold, arguing the concept of Jesus Christ and his story is a fabrication.
Her 2007 book, Who Was Jesus? Fingerprints of The Christ continues the theme of The Christ Conspiracy by expanding her theory questioning the historicity of Jesus, alleging "early Christian history to be largely mythical, by sorting through available historical and archaeological data."
In 2009 she released Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection and The Gospel According to Acharya S.
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