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Jesus in Heaven on Earth: Journey of Jesus to Kashmir, His Preaching to the Lost Tribes of Israel, and Death and Burial in Srinagar

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This is perhaps the best and most thorough book on the subject of the post-crucifixion life of Jesus Christ.

Of course, the entire and comprehensive theory was first written by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in the year 1899, in his explosive work, Jesus in India . Khwaja Nazir Ahmad, a follower of Ghulam Ahmad's, expanded on Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's original work, Jesus in India, and it is simply a shame that Nazir Ahmad--who was once considered for the Nobel Prize--is not given recognition for this powerful work.

But, as Thundy states: "Those of us who have lived with Europeans in India and the West during the colonial period and after know that most of them as a rule carry the 'White Man's Burden' (Kipling) and the conception of the Orientals as 'lesser breeds without the law' (Macaulay); like colonial masters everywhere, they were not accustomed to consider the Easterners as their equals. As Radhakrishnan's observation cited earlier points out, in general, Western scholars, though fascinated by Eastern wisdom, have always found it hard to admit that the West could ever have borrowed anything of worth from the East or the East was ever equal or superior to the West in their cultural accomplishments." (Buddha and Christ: Nativity Stories and Indian Traditions,p. 10).

Aside from the *obvious* fear that this great work must invoke amongst Christians, one wonders whether or not traditional bias against Asia and Asian scholars might be part of the reason that this book is not given its due.

Long before Hassnain (1994), Kersten (1986), Kaiser (1978) and others who wrote about the theory of a post-crucifixion life of Jesus, Nazir Ahmad had thorougly explored this issue, and his book, in our view, is still unmatched. (Tomb Master)

This book is a in depth research of the actual life of Jesus Christ; each and every fact is thoroughly researched and all sources are given. It is not a book for the faint hearted; the author Nasir Ahmad is a heavy weight intellectual who has used his thorough training as an advocate to leave no stone unturned, in his search for the truth. Had his name been 'Nigel Atkins' he would have received world wide recognition; unfortunately with an eastern sounding name; the literature pundits of the 'superior' west will discard him off as a 'coolie' to big for his boots. However the revelations are too strong and too convincing to remain in the closet for long. Once this work is recognised and acknowledged; the house of cards upon which western christianity is built will come tumbing down. This book is almost impossible to find in a public library or university library; yes it is indexed in the library catalogues; but inevitably you will find that the book has either 'been lost' or is on indefinite loan; so the only way to read it; is to purchase it. The revelations are not for the faint hearted.

"Jesus in Heaven on Earth" is a fascinating documentation of a nearly unknown tradition, but one which appears to be quite well documented. While including material which may not be the best evidence of the theory that Jesus survived the crucifixion and then traveled eastward, ultimately ending up in Kashmir (like the Gospel of Barnabas, which seems to be very late and not at all authentic), it at least draws attention to the fact that, yes, we Westerners almost never assume that any part of the world outside of our own knows anything (or at least anything "true") or might shed light on our own history. There's lots of information here, all of which is worth reading not only because it presents a very plausible theory of Jesus' life and death, but just because it awakens one's awareness of the other side of history.

Maybe I'm different in that I knew much of this material already. Nonetheless, the biblical material is very well researched and presented, although the author does not always show that he had a copy of an apocryphal text (there have been a number of forgeries of the Gospel according to the Hebrews, for instance, but only fragments of the original text have been found). While I appreciate the author's Islamic beliefs, and while he reports his Quranic studies as thoroughly (often MORE thoroughly) as his Christian materials, the Islamic materials take up too much of the book. The title subject material is not even begun to be addressed until 2/3 of the book is over. Is the author writing to Islamic readers, Christian readers, scholars in general, or who? If he is addressing Christian readers, telling them how much more authoritative the Quran is than the Bible will hardly get them to keep reading... and if he is addressing Islamic readers, it sounds as though he is preaching to the choir. The biblical material that I did not have previous knowledge was astonishing, and I learned as much from his method of presentation as from the facts themselves. Well worth the read -- although non-Islamic readers will likely skip the long chapters on Quranic sources.

This book is a must-read for everybody who is curious about Jesus's life. The author claims that he had found Jesus, Moses, and Mary's tombs in Kashmir, and all other discoveries mentioned in this book is based on artefacts, scriptures, inscriptions, and a concise research in Kahsmir, as well as using other reference such as Bible

This is near the top of the list as one of the greatest books pertaining to the theory of a possible post-crucifixion life of Jesus Christ. It's a classic. We are happy that it has been recently re-released (it was originally published in 1950) in 1998.