Did Jesus want to create a poli-theism religion?

[Jehanne]

What happened is

-or, that's not historical, it's literary.  Part and parcel with the long dark night of the soul.  The doubt that all faithful people have when confronted with adversity and sideways expectation.

I would disagree. Both Josephus & Tacitus mention Jesus, both in passing, and I don't believe that either would have been duped by a mythological individual. No doubt Josephus, being in Rome for over two decades, was able to network and no doubt got his facts from the Roman officials and records. As for the Gospels, they contain some historicity and are not completely mythical, which would make them literary writings only. Even the Iliad & Odyssey contain some historical facts.