Where did the Jesus myth come from?

[jupitor]

So what was the connective tissue between your mention of Akhenaten (who did not stop his people worshiping the sun but rather promoted the sun as the superdivinity) and Greeks in Judea?

Oh, sorry, Akenarten introduced the invisible God idea and that spread, along with Moses to Palestine, [ religion's 'birth'] where many Greeks lived. The Greeks then wanted a mythological son of the new God so Jesus was 'born'.
In the New International bible there are many references to the Greeks who at that time were also in Iraq/Iran/Jordan/Egypt.
The disciples were also constantly visiting the Greek islands. Revelations was 'written', on the island of Patmos.
Jesus also, always spoke in parables...i.e...Greek philosophy. To Minimalist, the Greeks had 300 years BC to move in after Alexander the Great, long enough to grow into a large community.
The following is a write-up about Mithra, stemming from India then to the Romans, before Christ came into being.
Mithra has the following in common with the Jesus character:

Mithra was born on December 25th of the virgin Anahita.
The babe was wrapped in swaddling clothes, placed in a manger and attended by shepherds.
He was considered a great traveling teacher and master.
He had 12 companions or "disciples."
He performed miracles.
As the "great bull of the Sun," Mithra sacrificed himself for world peace.
Mithra ascending to heaven in his solar cart, with sun symbolHe ascended to heaven.
Mithra was viewed as the Good Shepherd, the "Way, the Truth and the Light," the Redeemer, the Savior, the Messiah.
Mithra is omniscient, as he "hears all, sees all, knows all: none can deceive him."
He was identified with both the Lion and the Lamb.
His sacred day was Sunday, "the Lord's Day," hundreds of years before the appearance of Christ.
His religion had a eucharist or "Lord's Supper."
Mithra "sets his marks on the foreheads of his soldiers."
Mithraism emphasized baptism.