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Doubt it. Construction workers from backwater villages didn’t travel much in them days.what is the chances of the personality jesus traveling to the east and studying, if his family traveled west to egypt during his childhood
A lot of folk enjoy wishful thinking and drawing unnecessary conclusions. Of course, the Egyptian thing is possible. Egypt was conveniently nextdoor.what is the chances of the personality jesus traveling to the east and studying, if his family traveled west to egypt during his childhood
Zero. India is a whole awful lot farther away than Egypt, which was right next door.what is the chances of the personality jesus traveling to the east and studying, if his family traveled west to egypt during his childhood
I believe he was greatly influenced by living on that trade route with his father's shop probably quite an interesting gathering spot for travelers and young, curious boys.Well to answer your title “the lost years” his name has been lost firstly, which isn’t a good start
Whilst we understand what Jesus represents
His name has changed through time
Yeshua Hamashaic became Jesous Christos in the time of the Greeks, later to become Jesus Christ
The common thing to point out is, if you went to 0-33AD and called out to Jesus, he most probably wouldn’t know what or who you were calling out to
But the interest in eastern influence I take it is your question
ABSOLUTELY
What everyone fails to understand is that there were indian trade routes that came through that area and so there would have been some sharing of Eastern cultures and beliefs
BUT Yeshua would have been primarily influenced by Jews, Gnostics, Hermeticism, Egyptians, Roman Pantheons, Valentian, Sethian, Early Paganism
there was the spice/silk road with constant movementDoubt it. Construction workers from backwater villages didn’t travel much in them days.
buddhist missionaries were already in egypt by jesus' timeA lot of folk enjoy wishful thinking and drawing unnecessary conclusions. Of course, the Egyptian thing is possible. Egypt was conveniently nextdoor.
Zero. India is a whole awful lot farther away than Egypt, which was right next door.
This is an entirely different topic. I don't dispute Thomas going to India. I'm disputing Jesus going to India. Thomas was driven by the imperative to take the gospel to all the world. Jesus, on the other hand, said that he had come to the lost sheep of Israel.![]()
The Surprisingly Early History of Christianity in India
Modern Syrian Christians of Kerala believe that the Apostle Thomas visited in A.D. 52 to baptize their ancestorswww.smithsonianmag.com
what would be the difference? they both were from the same timeline.This is an entirely different topic. I don't dispute Thomas going to India. I'm disputing Jesus going to India. Thomas was driven by the imperative to take the gospel to all the world. Jesus, on the other hand, said that he had come to the lost sheep of Israel.
Thomas was driven by the imperative to take the gospel to all the world. Jesus, on the other hand, said that he had come to the lost sheep of Israel.what would be the difference? they both were from the same timeline.
True. But I don't believe there's a direct connection.buddhist missionaries were already in egypt by jesus' time
I'm 54 years old. I've been into death/black metal for 35+ years and I've been into Satanism, the occult and all kinds of wild stuff.Jesus is Satan
True. But I don't believe there's a direct connection.
He died at the age of about 120 years in Kashmir, India.How Old was Jesus ?
The argument that the Essenes had their roots in India, as presented by Arthur Findlay in "India in Primitive Christianity," is considered controversial and not widely accepted among scholars of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. Findlay's theories, while intriguing, are speculative and lacking solid historical evidence.India in Primitive Christianity: Chapter X. The Essenes
India in Primitive Christianity, by Arthur Lille, [1909], full text etext at sacred-texts.comsacred-texts.com
we also know that there was a connection between jesus and zoroastrianism, via the 3 wise men and asia minor was influenced by the greek diaspora.
The argument that the Essenes had their roots in India, as presented by Arthur Findlay in "India in Primitive Christianity," is considered controversial and not widely accepted among scholars of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. Findlay's theories, while intriguing, are speculative and lacking solid historical evidence.
Most mainstream scholars and historians do not support the idea of a direct connection between the Essenes and India.
You may want to be more discriminating in which Indian websites you use for your sources. Most Indians are absolutely great people, and many Indians are bonafied scholars. However, there seems to be a movement that believes all good things come from India, or what I refer to as Indian Supremacy. They say ridiculous things like Israelites were really Indians. It's a form of bigotry to take credit for the accomplishments of others. Anyhow, all I'm saying is that these particular sites are highly unreliable, and you really need better sources.