Well I seemed to be hooked on this Jesus thing for a while longer. I've read nearly all of "Jesus in India" as mentioned in my previous post and the arguments that Ahmad puts forward are logically and clearly expressed. The Gospels describe Jesus walking around and talking to his disciples after his alleged death, in much the same way as he did before his crucifixion but I won't try to summarise it all here. The hyperlink is there for those who wish to read his account.
What's interesting is that I discovered from a post on another blog by Randeep Ramesh that:
Hollywood is to fill in the Bible's "missing years" with a story about Jesus as a wandering mystic who travelled across India, living in Buddhist monasteries and speaking out against the iniquities of the country's caste system. Film producers have delved deep into revisionist scholarship to piece together what they say was Jesus's life between the ages of 13 and 30, a period untouched by the recognised gospels. The result is the Aquarian Gospel, a $20m movie, which portrays Jesus as a holy man and teacher inspired by a myriad of eastern religions in India. The Aquarian Gospel takes its name from a century-old book that examined Christianity's eastern roots and is in its 53rd reprint.
Now in the book "Jesus in India", Ahmad brings up the idea of the Buddhist connection in the early life of Jesus but dismisses it fairly quickly. However, he also says that Jesus was referred to as the "traveling prophet". A quick search of the Internet reveals a location for the Aquarian Gospel with the comment that:
The Aquarian Gospel was rediscovered during the spiritual ferment of the 1960s; a beat-up paperback copy of this book was de rigeur in every hippie pad, and it no doubt played an unsung role in naming the 'Age of Aquarius'.
Well, I have to confess that I didn't read it but I guess my (at that time) still recent escape from the madness of Catholicism didn't incline me to investigate JC any further. So it seems that 40 years later, I will be reading this book in electronic format rather than as a "beat-up paperback".
What's interesting is that I discovered from a post on another blog by Randeep Ramesh that:
Hollywood is to fill in the Bible's "missing years" with a story about Jesus as a wandering mystic who travelled across India, living in Buddhist monasteries and speaking out against the iniquities of the country's caste system. Film producers have delved deep into revisionist scholarship to piece together what they say was Jesus's life between the ages of 13 and 30, a period untouched by the recognised gospels. The result is the Aquarian Gospel, a $20m movie, which portrays Jesus as a holy man and teacher inspired by a myriad of eastern religions in India. The Aquarian Gospel takes its name from a century-old book that examined Christianity's eastern roots and is in its 53rd reprint.
Now in the book "Jesus in India", Ahmad brings up the idea of the Buddhist connection in the early life of Jesus but dismisses it fairly quickly. However, he also says that Jesus was referred to as the "traveling prophet". A quick search of the Internet reveals a location for the Aquarian Gospel with the comment that:
The Aquarian Gospel was rediscovered during the spiritual ferment of the 1960s; a beat-up paperback copy of this book was de rigeur in every hippie pad, and it no doubt played an unsung role in naming the 'Age of Aquarius'.
Well, I have to confess that I didn't read it but I guess my (at that time) still recent escape from the madness of Catholicism didn't incline me to investigate JC any further. So it seems that 40 years later, I will be reading this book in electronic format rather than as a "beat-up paperback".
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