Unknown Life of Jesus Christ Old Edition 1894 Publication

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

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THE UNKNOWN LIFE OR JESUS CHRIST. igree with muc that the version which I present to the public recorded three or four years alter the death or Jesus, according to the statement of eye-witnesses and contemporaries, is more likely to be authentic than the rccounts of the Evangclists who wrote at different times and so long after the actual occurrerice of the events, that there is no wonder if the facts are inisconstrucd or the sense is altercd.
Bcíorc touching on the life of Jesus, I must say a few words upon the luistory of Moses, www according to the most accredited belief was an Israclite. This is contradicted by the Bucklist records from which we learn that Moses was a prince of Egypt, the son of a Pharaoh and that the Israclite scholars were employed merely as his teachers. By carcfully examining this important point we must admit that the Buddhist authors were right.
Hlaving no siesire to clestroy llie biblical legend concerning thic origin of Moscs, I bclicvc tfiat many will adınit with me that Moscs was not a simple Israclite, for this appreciable rcason, tliat tiis education which he had received was that of the son of a king, and it is therclore lillicule to believe that a child brought by mcre clance into the palace should liave been placed on cypridd slancing wito de son of the ruling sovercig. (inud that luis education should live been considered of like importance). The manner in which the Egyptians treated licir slaves shows that they were not particularly distinquishied for generosity of character. A foundling (tlic child of a slave) woull certainly not have been placed with the children of Pharaoh but would liave been placed with his servants. Add to this the fact (and this is preponderating cvidence) that the spirit of caste was so strictly observed in ancient Egypt.
On the other hand it is impossible to doubt that