Johann Rudolf Julius Steck (18 January 1842 – 30 November 1924) was a Swiss reformed theologian and writer.
Steck was a pastor of the Reformed Church, Dresden (1867-1881).
He was influenced by the writings of Bruno Bauer and was a proponent of the Christ myth theory.
[1][2] He believed that the Pauline epistles were a case of second century pseudepigrapha.
[3] Steck argued that the Pauline letters were written by a school of people.