From Deccan Chronicle, 12 June 2006
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Srinagar, June 11: The hypothesis that Jesus Christ is buried in a central Srinagar locality has aroused a lot of interest among historiographers, researchers, scholars, archaeologists and religious groups both in India and worldwide once again.
<b>A team of German researchers, including two archaeologists, is planning to visit Srinagar later this year to investigate the subject. Within India, the Janata Party has set up a group of experts from among its members which would be coming to Kashmirâs summer capital soon to start research work.</b>
The partyâs president, Dr Subramanian Swamy, who was in Srinagar last week, said that after reading a booklet by a German he has a âfeeling of curiosityâ about Jesus Christ and Moses having visited Kashmir and in the belief that both had died and are buried in the Valley. <b>Muslims in Kashmir and elsewhere revere both Jesus and Moses as ânoble prophetsâ of âBani Israelâ (Children of Israel), as the Quran makes a number of references to them. </b>
<b>Dr Swamy also pointed to the belief of many Kashmiris that they were one of the âLost Tribesâ of Israel. </b>âIt is a matter of great interest that Prophet Moses is buried in Kashmir and that Jesus too had visited the Vale, went to Ladakh to visit the Hemis monastery where he took Buddhism as his faith, returned home but left it again for Kashmir to escape persecution, and died here in Srinagar,â he said.
The Janata Party leader said that the team he has set up would do methodical research on the subject and come out with its findings âwhich everybody in the country would be interested in.â In the past teams of researchers from Israel, Germany and other parts of the world conducted studies on the subject but could not find any scientific verification of the hypothesis.
<b>The premise that Jesus is buried at Rozabal in the Khanyar area of Srinagar and that Moses is buried outside Bandipore town in north Kashmir thus requires a proper scientific study to ascertain the truth. </b>Kashmiri scholar and historian Fida Muhammad Hussein, a former director of the department of archaeology of the State, asserted that in history there is no such thing as the last word on any subject, âbecause research... and more researchâ could lead to fresh discoveries.
<b>He believes that the hypothesis that the people of Kashmir are one of the Lost Tribes cannot be baseless as there are many similarities between Israel and Kashmir in terms of language and traditions, and he would like to see a thorough study initiated into the subject. </b>âI think these similarities only strengthen the belief that we are one of the Lost Tribes. Yet the research into the subject must go on,â he told this newspaper.
<b>Suzanna Olsson, the author of a recently published book, Jesus, Last King of Kashmir: Life after the Crucifixion, reveals the findings of her seven-year journey through the Himalayan State. </b>She was in the Valley and also visited other parts of India, went to Afghanistan and other places to spearhead an investigative study into the post-crucifixion life of Jesus Christ.
She says that she drew her inspiration from sources that range from the traditional sacred writings of many of the worldâs main religions, to the legendary tales of Europe and Asia and the annals of contemporary research. The author leads readers to what she believes are the tombs of Jesus and his mother Mary, located within India, and expounds on the evidence she has uncovered.
Ms Olsson is personally convinced of the tombsâ authenticity but frustrated in her efforts to obtain scientific verification, which is vital for acceptance by the rest of the world. According to her, the basis of the beliefs is through tracing the lineage of Jesus Christ, correlating traditional Biblical figures and places with those historically recognised throughout the Kashmir region, and interpreting religious texts in an unconventional light, concentrating on their commonalties.
<b>Many others who support the interesting tradition passed down among Kashmiris regarding their ancestry from the Lost Tribes of Israel point out that various places in the region have Israeli names, such as Har Nevo, Beit Peor, Pisga, Heshubon.</b>
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need to watch the story as it develops. The West might decide to solve the Middle East problem by creating a new Israel in Kashmir!
PDf file: http://www.bookwire.com/PDF/olsson.pdf
and
Is There a Secret Hidden Tomb for Jesus in Kashmir? Convincing Evidence Says Yes
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Is There a Secret Hidden Tomb for Jesus in Kashmir? Convincing Evidence Says Yes
What Comes after 'The Passion?' The discovery of Jesus' secret tomb in the little Himalayan country of Kashmir. With just as much gusto and adventure as Indiana Jones in search of the Holy Grail, here's the real thing, with a few unusual twists. Life is always stranger than fiction.
New York, NY (PRWEB) May 10, 2005 -- In a jaw-dropping new book by Suzanna Olsson, In Search of Jesus; Last Starchild of the Old Silk Road she describes her incredible quest to research the life of Jesus. She trekked through Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, India, Israel, Ethiopia and Egypt to discover fascinating new findings about Jesusâ life after the Crucifixion, the commonalities among the worldâs religions and other mesmerizing information about the origins of world religions.
<b>In Search of Jesus examines the lives of the individuals in the Bible stories we know todayand found they were known as pharaohs in Egypt, as great warriors in the Mahabarata epics, and as Kings in Kashmir.. Olsson visited Noahâs grave in Sialkot Pakistan, and explains how the yantra or Star of David is the symbol also known as the Star of Kashmir, where most people are of Hebrew descent.
Her findings also reveal that Shangri-La in the Himalayas is considered by many in the east to be the abode of Shiva, and had once been home to Abraham and Sarah. Olsson delves into detailed descriptions of the three magi who visited Jesus in Bethlehem, and the lives of Aaron, Moses, and the two Marys. Jesus. she says, was taught by the same magi schools that taught Mary Magdalene and the Buddha.She identifies the Hebrew connections between Buddha and Jesus, and traces the source of their similarities back to their Jewish grandfathers and the writings of Enoch.</b>
'In Search of Jesus' is not only a thought-provoking book about the ancient history of Christianity, but also her own travels through the east. This brave woman, nicknamed âIndiana Sueâ by her friends, spent years after her retirement traveling with guides and translators, donning burkhas and interacting with local people. She was with the Taliban before and after the 9-11 attacks, yet the governments allowed her to continue her research as a gesture of goodwill and respect for her stamina and for the very unique nature of her research. Her descriptions of her ordeals are powerful, especially her crushing disappointment when the research into Roza Bal, the tomb thought by many to be for Jesus, was suddenly cancelled by a few misguided directors.
Moving and awe-inspiring, In Search of Jesus the culmination of years of intense and dangerous hard work and research by a grandmother who risked her life for the truth about those people who fill the pages of one of the most revered religious texts in the world.
Olsson has won praise from leading scholars such as Dr. Fida Hassnain of Kashmir, who wrote the forward, and the original Thomasian church, the Church of the East. When renowned scholars began contacting her for information, she âknew she had achieved something special.â
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She is now preparing a second, revised edition that will disuss her efforts to obtain the final proof, and the DNA, and to rescue the site from desecration by Taliban before, like the Bamiyam Buddha, it's too late.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->New interest in J&K âJesus graveâ
Â
Srinagar, June 11: The hypothesis that Jesus Christ is buried in a central Srinagar locality has aroused a lot of interest among historiographers, researchers, scholars, archaeologists and religious groups both in India and worldwide once again.
<b>A team of German researchers, including two archaeologists, is planning to visit Srinagar later this year to investigate the subject. Within India, the Janata Party has set up a group of experts from among its members which would be coming to Kashmirâs summer capital soon to start research work.</b>
The partyâs president, Dr Subramanian Swamy, who was in Srinagar last week, said that after reading a booklet by a German he has a âfeeling of curiosityâ about Jesus Christ and Moses having visited Kashmir and in the belief that both had died and are buried in the Valley. <b>Muslims in Kashmir and elsewhere revere both Jesus and Moses as ânoble prophetsâ of âBani Israelâ (Children of Israel), as the Quran makes a number of references to them. </b>
<b>Dr Swamy also pointed to the belief of many Kashmiris that they were one of the âLost Tribesâ of Israel. </b>âIt is a matter of great interest that Prophet Moses is buried in Kashmir and that Jesus too had visited the Vale, went to Ladakh to visit the Hemis monastery where he took Buddhism as his faith, returned home but left it again for Kashmir to escape persecution, and died here in Srinagar,â he said.
The Janata Party leader said that the team he has set up would do methodical research on the subject and come out with its findings âwhich everybody in the country would be interested in.â In the past teams of researchers from Israel, Germany and other parts of the world conducted studies on the subject but could not find any scientific verification of the hypothesis.
<b>The premise that Jesus is buried at Rozabal in the Khanyar area of Srinagar and that Moses is buried outside Bandipore town in north Kashmir thus requires a proper scientific study to ascertain the truth. </b>Kashmiri scholar and historian Fida Muhammad Hussein, a former director of the department of archaeology of the State, asserted that in history there is no such thing as the last word on any subject, âbecause research... and more researchâ could lead to fresh discoveries.
<b>He believes that the hypothesis that the people of Kashmir are one of the Lost Tribes cannot be baseless as there are many similarities between Israel and Kashmir in terms of language and traditions, and he would like to see a thorough study initiated into the subject. </b>âI think these similarities only strengthen the belief that we are one of the Lost Tribes. Yet the research into the subject must go on,â he told this newspaper.
<b>Suzanna Olsson, the author of a recently published book, Jesus, Last King of Kashmir: Life after the Crucifixion, reveals the findings of her seven-year journey through the Himalayan State. </b>She was in the Valley and also visited other parts of India, went to Afghanistan and other places to spearhead an investigative study into the post-crucifixion life of Jesus Christ.
She says that she drew her inspiration from sources that range from the traditional sacred writings of many of the worldâs main religions, to the legendary tales of Europe and Asia and the annals of contemporary research. The author leads readers to what she believes are the tombs of Jesus and his mother Mary, located within India, and expounds on the evidence she has uncovered.
Ms Olsson is personally convinced of the tombsâ authenticity but frustrated in her efforts to obtain scientific verification, which is vital for acceptance by the rest of the world. According to her, the basis of the beliefs is through tracing the lineage of Jesus Christ, correlating traditional Biblical figures and places with those historically recognised throughout the Kashmir region, and interpreting religious texts in an unconventional light, concentrating on their commonalties.
<b>Many others who support the interesting tradition passed down among Kashmiris regarding their ancestry from the Lost Tribes of Israel point out that various places in the region have Israeli names, such as Har Nevo, Beit Peor, Pisga, Heshubon.</b>
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need to watch the story as it develops. The West might decide to solve the Middle East problem by creating a new Israel in Kashmir!
PDf file: http://www.bookwire.com/PDF/olsson.pdf
and
Is There a Secret Hidden Tomb for Jesus in Kashmir? Convincing Evidence Says Yes
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Is There a Secret Hidden Tomb for Jesus in Kashmir? Convincing Evidence Says Yes
What Comes after 'The Passion?' The discovery of Jesus' secret tomb in the little Himalayan country of Kashmir. With just as much gusto and adventure as Indiana Jones in search of the Holy Grail, here's the real thing, with a few unusual twists. Life is always stranger than fiction.
New York, NY (PRWEB) May 10, 2005 -- In a jaw-dropping new book by Suzanna Olsson, In Search of Jesus; Last Starchild of the Old Silk Road she describes her incredible quest to research the life of Jesus. She trekked through Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, India, Israel, Ethiopia and Egypt to discover fascinating new findings about Jesusâ life after the Crucifixion, the commonalities among the worldâs religions and other mesmerizing information about the origins of world religions.
<b>In Search of Jesus examines the lives of the individuals in the Bible stories we know todayand found they were known as pharaohs in Egypt, as great warriors in the Mahabarata epics, and as Kings in Kashmir.. Olsson visited Noahâs grave in Sialkot Pakistan, and explains how the yantra or Star of David is the symbol also known as the Star of Kashmir, where most people are of Hebrew descent.
Her findings also reveal that Shangri-La in the Himalayas is considered by many in the east to be the abode of Shiva, and had once been home to Abraham and Sarah. Olsson delves into detailed descriptions of the three magi who visited Jesus in Bethlehem, and the lives of Aaron, Moses, and the two Marys. Jesus. she says, was taught by the same magi schools that taught Mary Magdalene and the Buddha.She identifies the Hebrew connections between Buddha and Jesus, and traces the source of their similarities back to their Jewish grandfathers and the writings of Enoch.</b>
'In Search of Jesus' is not only a thought-provoking book about the ancient history of Christianity, but also her own travels through the east. This brave woman, nicknamed âIndiana Sueâ by her friends, spent years after her retirement traveling with guides and translators, donning burkhas and interacting with local people. She was with the Taliban before and after the 9-11 attacks, yet the governments allowed her to continue her research as a gesture of goodwill and respect for her stamina and for the very unique nature of her research. Her descriptions of her ordeals are powerful, especially her crushing disappointment when the research into Roza Bal, the tomb thought by many to be for Jesus, was suddenly cancelled by a few misguided directors.
Moving and awe-inspiring, In Search of Jesus the culmination of years of intense and dangerous hard work and research by a grandmother who risked her life for the truth about those people who fill the pages of one of the most revered religious texts in the world.
Olsson has won praise from leading scholars such as Dr. Fida Hassnain of Kashmir, who wrote the forward, and the original Thomasian church, the Church of the East. When renowned scholars began contacting her for information, she âknew she had achieved something special.â
 Â
She is now preparing a second, revised edition that will disuss her efforts to obtain the final proof, and the DNA, and to rescue the site from desecration by Taliban before, like the Bamiyam Buddha, it's too late.
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