The Lost Years of Jesus: Documentary Evidence of Jesus' 17-Year Journey to the East

My friend is a Buddhist and I was always surprized at how closely his religion is to Christianity. Now my friend is starting to go to church! Well, I wanted to know more about Jesus life and the historic events that became the backdrop to the writing of the Bible. So I stumbled on this book and couldn't stop reading it. The book is about an adventure writer who stumbled on the writings of Buddhist monestary that mentions Jesus and what he did during that time. Keep in mind that this is not along the lines of the Book of Morman (which talks about Jesus visiting natives in South America, just after the crusifiction, and then adds to the Bible to so call clarify what the Bible was really meaning to say, and then becomes part of a new Christian religion) or anything similar, the writings are historical in nature. The Buddhists are keen to keeping good records of the past and thier beliefs and spiritual leaders. After this adventure writer publish the book he was discredited. Prophet does a good job to show that two other writers went out and saw the writings as well. I'm impressed with Prophet's writing style and good research on the subject. However, because of this book I went out and purchased the Prophet's "Lost Teaching of Jesus" books: 1,2,3,and 4. Then I see that she is part of the New Age movement. She gets into the familiar spirits realm by talking to the so called Assended Masters, which are the spiritual leaders that have died and are now trying to help us to a higher level of spiritualness. See the Wikipedia article on her which does a good job of mentioning that she has been accused of running a cult and promoting doomsday beliefs. However, the Lost Years of Jesus is not really about her or her new age beliefs but rather the historical writings of the Buddhists concerning Jesus. As a serious Christian I did not see the writings to conflict with what the Bible said about Jesus--and believe me, that is what I was looking for. Here is just something to think about; while I believe that Jesus did go to India and Tibet to study with various spiritual leaders, he did not come back to the holyland and say "aum..."(He did not embrace Buddhism). Prepare for more historical information about Jesus to come out during Jesus's lost years time period in the near future by other historians. Every Christian should be interested in this.

As a Christian person, I've often asked myself, "Why does the New Testament skip so much of Jesus' life?" Here's one possible answer to this question. Every Christian should read it, to help them decide for themselves... The author has obviously done thorough and respectable research work. Together with the gnostic writings, which have recently been discovered through archaeology, this text helps us understand Jesus and his teachings more fully than ever before!

Elizabeth Prophet has done an excellent job researching the years of Jesus' life that are missing from the bible. Most fundamentalist christians would deny that he travelled to the east. . but he did. .The bible leaves out more than 15 years of his life. .why. . .because they left it out on purpose. This book does an outstanding job of filling in those missing years. Jesus studied with Hindu and Buddhist masters in the far east! Love is the key.

"Lost Years" appeals to the scholar, one-time skeptic, and the believer that I am. Prophet skillfully outlines the path followed by the student/avatar Jesus on his way to attaining the fullness of his Christhood. Comprehensive and entertaining to boot. Reads like a mystery novel.