Features
- Cover Type: Paperback
- Published by: Penguin 2001
- ISBN 10 Number: 0143028294
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0143028291
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Jesus Lived in India: His Unknown Life Before and After the Crucifixion (Paperback)
Among a number of well researched and well composed books on the subject of the origins of the historical Jesus, Kersten's book remains one of the finest. Cogently written without superfluous speculation, 'Jesus Lived in India' presents irrefutable evidence of Jesus' sojourn into India; his living, learning (becoming in fact a Buddhist adept), and eventually dying there. Having chanced upon the evidence in Ladakh, Kersten patiently pieces together a mountain of evidence the profundity of which is only enhanced by his matter-of-fact style of presentation. A comprehensive article by article, step by step look at the astonishing convergence of the teachings and life paths of Jesus and Buddha is one of the clearest and most convincing threads of Kersten's scholarship. The ancient links between the Israelites and the East is intimately explored, and heartening conclusions are drawn. Nearly every aspect of modern theological enquiry concerning Jesus with respect to the inadequate record provided by canonical scripture is examined lovingly and fearlessly; the years of Kersten's investigation are brought to thorough and enlightening fruition in the pages of this remarkable book. It is clear that the political preoccupation of the Paulinist religion that has called itself Christianity for two thousand years has prevented, and continues to prevent, the dissemination and study of the true facts of Jesus' history; offering instead a lifeless, and often decadent, sectarian proposition of a Christ-martyr, the exclusive and moribund archtype of which has filled the Common Era with bloodshed and dissension, and propelled the world into a post-Christian era by its demonstrable manipulation of history. Highly recommended reading for the discerning seeker.
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