Over the centuries no historical figure attracted so much attention, none has caused so much heated debate and conflicting opinions about Himself as a person of Jesus Christ. Debates began in His lifetime, and they are clearly refl ected in the pages of the Gospels and other New Testament Books. At present the scientifi c community ³⁰ Childs H. The Myth of the Historical Jesus and the Evolution of Consciousness. Atlanta (Georgia), 1988. P. 223-261. ³¹ Обратим внимание читателя, в частности, на одну из последних монографий по данной теме (Keener C. H. The Historical Jesus of the Gospels. Grand Rapids, 2009), в которой автор делает обстоятельный критический анализ концепций, родившихся в ходе поиска «исторического Иисуса» (Ibid. P. 1-67) реконструирует образ исторического Иисуса на основе евангельского текста (Ibid. P. 177-348) и приходит к заключению, что портрет Иисуса, вырисовывающийся на основе канонических Евангелий, более убедителен, чем любые альтернативные концепции, предлагаемые учеными (Ibid. P. 349). is the urgent task of demythologizing the New Testament science, because the New Testament science developed under the influence of myths, created by scientists for over two hundred years. One or the other myth first arose in the mind of the researcher or research team, then other scientists picked it up, began analyzing, supplement, develop, challenge. As a result, a myth became the subject of scientific research, not the Gospel text, which was used only as an aid to prove the correctness of the creators of the myth. From the successful solution of this problem depends largely the future direction of New Testament studies. The author refers to some of the main myths of the New Testament science, the release of which will open the prospects for further development of biblical studies.