According to David Litwa, the Gospel writers were trying to make mythology look like history. Furthermore, this was supposedly common practice at the time. This raises an important question. The Gospels were written quite soon after the time which they depict. Was it common practice to set mythology in the recent past? That certainly wouldn't apply to Plutarch's Life of Theseus. The story of Theseus belongs to the distant, not the recent past of Plutarch. If one is seeking an analogy for the Gospels, the Life of Theseus is a very odd choice.
According to David Litwa, the Gospel writers were trying to make mythology look like history. Furthermore, this was supposedly common practice at the time. This raises an important question. The Gospels were written quite soon after the time which they depict. Was it common practice to set mythology in the recent past? That certainly wouldn't apply to Plutarch's Life of Theseus. The story of Theseus belongs to the distant, not the recent past of Plutarch. If one is seeking an analogy for the Gospels, the Life of Theseus is a very odd choice.