How did the myth of Jesus' resurrection originate?

[xpastor]

a few inscriptions are found in both Israel and Judah referring to the goddess Asherah as the consort of YHWH, Of Judah too the authors say, "the idolatry of the people of Judah was not a departure from their earlier monotheism. It was, instead, the way they had worshiped for hundreds of years."

X-P, have you ever read "Did God Have A Wife" by Bill Dever?

No, I've seen the title before. I assume it goes into this topic in greater detail. Maybe I'll get to it some day, but I too have dogs to walk, not to mention horses to feed.

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We can know and agree about the generalities, however, and still be out-of-focus on the particular situation to which this thread was addressed: the origin of the Jesus-resurrection myth, as distinct (the way I see it) from the myth of divinity. The NT gospel stories have about zero (before John, anyway) to do with divinity, and a lot to do with the mortal human guy Jesus. Do you say that the original group, the very first followers, the mostly Galilean Jews, those who invented and spread the resurrection story, ascribed divinity to Jesus?

No, I don't think there are any divinity claims emanating from the historical Jesus. I don't think he even thought of himself as the Son of Man. The three synoptic gospels do have a few traces of deifying JC and certainly of having him claim to be the Son of Man. However, I doubt that comes from the original disciples.