Unknown Life of Jesus Christ New Edition 2009 Publication

Author(s): Nicholas Notovitch, Virchand R Gandhi, Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: World Jain Confederation

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The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ
of the events, that there is no wonder if the facts are misconstrued or the sense is altered.
Before touching on the life of Jesus, I must say a few words upon the history of Moses, who according to the most accredited belief was an Israelite. This is contradicted by the Buddhist records from which we learn that Moses was a prince of Egypt, the son of a Pharaoh and that the Israelite scholars were employed merely. as his teachers. By carefully examining this important point we must admit that the Buddhist authors were right. .
Having no desire to destroy the biblical legend concerning the origin of Moses. I believe that many will admit with me that Moses was not a simple Israelite, for this appreciable reason, that the education which he had received was that of the son of a king, and it is therefore difficult to believe that a child brought by mere chance into the palace should have been placed on equal standing with the son of the ruling sovereign (and that his education should have been considered of like importance). The manner in which the Egyptians treated their slaves shows that they were not particularly distinguished for generosity of character. A foundling (the child of a slave) would certainly, not have been placed with the children of Pharaoh but would have been placed with his servants. Add to this the fact (and this is preponderating evidence) that the spirit of caste was so strictly observed in ancient Egypt.
On the other hand it is impossible to doubt that Moses had received a complete education; without that how could we explain his great work of legislation, his large views and his high qualities as a ruler?
But if he was a prince, why was he attached to the Israelites? The explanation seems very simple to me. We know that among the ancients, as in our modern times, contentions existed between brothers as to who should succeed their father on the throne.
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