“Remarkable! "The Jesus Sutras" may well sound like the title of yet another lame East/West syncretism New Age book, but the actual sutras were written during the 7th century. Apparently, Christian missionaries from the Assyrian Church of the East were astute enough to recognize the overlappings between some of the teachings of Jesus and Taoist and Buddhist thought. Instead of declaring those philosophies de facto heretical they prefered to adapt the Christian message to the far eastern sensibilities. The result was a set of beautiful texts harmoniously blending two currents of spirituality.
The book offers a historical context for the sutras as well as the story of their discovery and a translation in English of their content. I recommend it highly.”
CDXY wrote this review Tuesday, February 26 2008.
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