Enter , a German author and religious scholar whose 1983 book, Jesus Lived in India , sparked a global debate. Kersten proposes a radical alternative history—that Jesus survived the crucifixion, traveled east along the ancient Silk Road, and lived out his final years in Kashmir, India.
However, if you’re looking for historical truth, you’ll need to set it beside mainstream scholarship—which, for now, firmly places the life of Jesus in first-century Judea, not ancient Kashmir. holger kersten jesus lived in india
But what if the story didn’t end there? Enter , a German author and religious scholar