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Product Details Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Element Books Ltd (May 1996) Language: English ISBN-10: 1852308354 ISBN-13: 978-1852308353 Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds Average Customer Review: (6 customer reviews)

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Citations (learn more) 8 books cite this book: Saving the Savior : Did Christ Survive the Crucifixion? by Abubakr Ben Ishmael Salahuddin on page 63, and Back Matter Jesus Outside the New Testament: An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence (Studying the Historical Jesus) by Robert E. Van Voorst on page 79, and Back Matter Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way by Philip Jenkins in Back Matter Oriental Enlightenment: The Encounter between Asian and Western Thought by J.J. Clarke in Back Matter The Specter of Speciesism: Buddhist and Christian Views of Animals (American Academy of Religion Academy Series) by Paul Waldau in Back Matter

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful: Indeed, the truth shall set you free, March 8, 1998 By A Customer This is the type of book that, a few centuries back, would have gotten the author a one-way ticket to the stake. Luckily, we can read it in the comfort of our home and ponder the earth-shattering thesis by the authors: that Jesus' message basically is a Buddhist message. Not for the faint of heart, but for the daring.

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Strange approach of human Persian and Indian influences in Judaism and Christianity are obvious to cult those who will familiarize themselves with the ancient religious teachings. It doesn't matter whether Jesus Lived in ....interesting.

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India or not. It really matters if you doesn't That said, the Buddhist influences in Jesus' teachings are plainly there; understand the light of the world . behind them are Zarathustrian and Hindu thought. Read more Published on June 6, 2000 by Sobel Alappat Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) The Ahmadiyya Movement was established 8 of 11 people found the following review helpful: in 1889 by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) in a small and remote village, good history of Buddhist Missionaries, strained parallels, Qadian, in the Punjab, India. Read more February 21, 1998 Published on August 17, 1999 By A Customer this one is even more heretical than Stephen Mitchell's 'The Gospel GOOD RESEACH According to Jesus'. I could take the fact that Jesus was really the MISSAPPLIED WITH PARTIALITY illegitimate son of a Roman soldier and a Jewish woman, rather than an Although the scholarly research in this work immaculate conception; but to be asked to believe that he studied is laudable, the authors seem to have been Buddhism with Theravadan missionaries is a bit much methinks. Granting caught up in a couple of prejedicial even that there was contact between Buddhist missionaries from Ashoka's problems. Read more time and Greece of Jesus's time, there is no necessity to 'explain' Jesus's Published on April 12, 1998 revelation or sayings as borrowings from anothere culture, methinks. Such enlightened beings as Jesus and Buddha have always popped up every now Search Customer Reviews and then, spontaneously, and when they sound a lot alike, why should we be surprised and try to look for hidden connections? The real connection is what they are speaking of, the one beyond space and time. Anyway, a fairly Only search this product's reviews scholarly book here, with lots of interesting history, just a bit too polemical for me to take real seriously. Definitely worth reading for the history. › See all 6 customer reviews... Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)

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