Jesus Lived in India: His Unknown Life Before and After the Crucifixion (Paperback)

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Book Description

Presents irrefutable evidence that Jesus did indeed live in India,

dying there in old age. From the author of the best-selling The Jesus

Conspiracy.

 

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)

Original Language: German

 

Paperback: 264 pages

Publisher: Element Books (December 1994)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1852305509

ISBN-13: 978-1852305505

 

 

Among the best on the subject!, October 11, 2000

By J. Anderson (Monterey, CA USA) - See all my reviews

 

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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Holger Kersten's scholarly approach deserves credit, February 6, 2002

By Ramsundar Lakshminarayanan - See all my reviews

 

One of the most scholarly approaches to proving that Jesus, indeed,

treaded to the East living and spending time in India.

The book begins with an account of Nikolai Notovich's stunning

observations in 1894 about the theory of Jesus having lived in India

and imbibing Buddhism. Account of Nikolai's trips to various Buddhist

monastries of Jammu & Kashmir in search of evidence is interesting

and stunning.

 

Bible does not account for about 17 years of Jesus's life beginning

age 12 or 13. Bible does not account for his life after crucification

(obviously) as well. Its a common belief that Jesus did not survive

crucification.

 

This book is an attempt by the author (there are few other books on

this subject by other authors as well) to propogate the revisionist

theory that Jesus spent those 17 or so years in India and then

survived crucification, escaped to India and lived in the Indian

state of Jammu & Kashmir where he eventually breathed his last. His

tomb lies close to the city of Srinagar, the winter capital of the

state.

 

Jesus developed antipathy towards Brahministic rituals during his

stint at Jagannath Puri temple; he subsequently migrated to Kashmir

to adopt Buddhism. Didn't Buddha give up Hinduism because of his

dislike for Brahministic rituals?

 

Get this one: The 10 Lost Tribes of Israel referred to in Christian

scriptures have been linked to those who live in Kashmir today. Its

hard to believe that today's Kashmiri population has Jewish roots!

Its mostly Islamic today - conversion began in 700 AD or so.

 

The book has been so well-written with evidences. Infact, NASA's

involvement in the analysis of The Shroud (to prove that Jesus

survived crucification) is information to me - as would be the case

to most of the readers.

 

 

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This book is not to be lightly dismissed--it's explosive!, November

17, 1999

By Ronald D. Chism (textpert) (Chicago, Illinois, USA) -

See all my reviews

 

To those who are unfamiliar with this topic, Holger Kersten may seem

to be " stretching " an interpretation of history, if not even

inventing some. That is not the case at all.

The first full length book regarding a possible post-crucifixion life

of Jesus Christ was written in the year 1890 by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam

Ahmad. Ahmad, at his peak, was considered a foremost and formidable

scholar of the Indian Sub-continent.

 

The book was written in the Urdu language, and was entitled Masih

Hindustein Mein [English: Jesus in India]. In it, with stunning

detail, Ahmad traced Jesus' entire sojourn from Galilee to Kashmir;

he listed in detail the books of history that mention the presence of

Jesus (Yuz Asaf) in India; he listed two full pages of references--

from books of the Orient and the Occident--that mention the actual

ointment ( " Marham-i-Isa " ) that was used to heal Jesus' wounds after

the crucifixion, etc.

 

What disturbs Kersten's critics are two things: Firstly, he has

brought the issue OUT of the halls of religious academia (where the

subject is VERY WELL KNOWN) and down to earth for the common person.

Secondly, by exposing this subject, he has introduced a massive

challenge to religious structures, particularly Christianity & Islam.

 

The Christian challenge is obvious: the entire doctrine of

Christianity falls when it is understood that Jesus survived the

crucifixion.

 

The Islamic challenge is little known, but HUGE. The world's Muslims

believe that Jesus Christ is returning, in the flesh, to MURDER

anybody who does not accept Islam. He will come as " Imam Mahdi " to

establish Islam in the " latter days " by force. Anyone refusing him

will be killed.

 

This repugnant belief has been dinned into the ears of Muslim

children for centuries, and has shaped the character of many Muslims

[not all of them], and represents the true, psychological root of

violence in the Islamic world--the expectation of a bloody Imam, full

of spite and hatred. This is no exaggeration.

 

Kerston, along with other scholars like Professor Thomas Sheehan of

Loyola University, have challenged Christians to accept THE TEACHINGS

of Jesus, not his divinity as God.

 

Last, this is NOT a bogus, un-scholarly book. There are now at least

15 books written on this subject in English, and some in German. It's

an excellent piece, and to attempt to trivialize it reflects

ignorance of the subject.