Author: Swami Prajnanananda
Publisher: Ramakrishna Vedanta Math
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 167
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8188446491
Description
This book relates to the wonderful life, religion and ideal of Jesus Christ. From different source books the materials of this book have been collected. Besides, the mysterious legends and myths, those gathered around Christ's life, have been examined and adopted.
Many pictures of Jesus Christ drawn by master artists have further enhanced the worth of the book.
Contents
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
CHAPTER ONE
Christ the Saviour
CHAPTER TWO
1. Kingdom of God and Son of man
2. Religious Philosophy in Alexandrian Circles
3. The Gnosticism
4. The Gnosticism and Vedanta
5. The Views of Swami Abhedananda
CHAPTER THREE
1. An introduction to the Crucifixion
By An Eye-Witness
2. Preface (of the book, Crucifixion)
3. Description of Jesus by His Contemporary,
Pubius Lentutus, who was the Predecessor
Of Pontius Pilate as the Governor of Judia
4. The Letter, from An ‘Esseer’ in Jerusalem
To His Bretheren in Alexandria
5. Closing Remarks of the German Translator
CHAPTER FOUR
The order of Essees among the Jewish People
CHAPTER FIVE
Christ and the Sun-Myth
Appendix I
How did Buddhism reach the West
Appendix II
Dead Sea and the Mar Saba
Appendix III
Mithraism and the Christ-Myth
Appendix IV
The Hemis Monastery in Ladakh
Bibliography
Index