I go over the likely options more, including some you refer to here (the emblematic figure), in a couple of follow-up articles (links below).

I changed it to "slew." Thanks.

https://medium.com/@benjamincain8/clarifying-and-debating-the-christ-myth-theory-e28a293bd4d5?source=friends_link&sk=7fa7ae236191f5fc755fcba7f50e2612

https://medium.com/@benjamincain8/clarifying-and-debating-the-christ-myth-theory-round-two-52f2bee8b934?source=friends_link&sk=3e4d040d89542edcd67c182df6d204c8