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Randy Davila
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August 11, 1969
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The Gnostic Mystery
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2008
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The Gnostic Mystery (Religion & Spirituality)
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An ancient mystery in todays Middle East . . . Jack Staunton, an American businessman, makes a pilgrimage to war-torn Israel in hopes of rekindling his Christian faith. While traveling with his friend Punjeeh, an ER doctor from Jerusalem, Jack acquires an ancient scroll written by the Gnostics, a mystical group of early Christians, and his spiritual quest takes an unexpected turn. The scroll makes the startling claims that the Gnostics were the original followers of Jesus, and that they retained secret knowledge of Jesus that was not included in the Bible. With the help of the ingenious Chloe Eisenberg, a professor of Philosophy and Religion, Jack and Punjeeh navigate the dangerous terrain of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in an attempt to decipher the puzzle of the scroll and bring the Gnostics revelations about Jesus to light. Threaded with the searing realities of today's Middle East, The Gnostic Mystery is packed with historical facts about the Christian religion. The thrilling mystery makes a compelling case that the origins of Christianity are far different than we believed . . . until now.
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I received this book as part of the Goodreads Book Give-away, and I must say that otherwise I might not have read it. I struggled with how to rate it, primarily because as a work of fiction, it's not very good. As a vehicle to generate a discussio...
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I thought for a long time about how to rate this book. As a thriller, which is what the cover suggests, I would give it only a couple of stars. The language can be cliched "flashing his pearly whites" and the characters can be unrealistic in order...
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I just finished this book, and I can't stop thinking about it. It is not my usual reading material, but it is an eye opener. One of our preachers, some time ago, brought up these same topics, but didn't name them as Gnostic. I loved it, and will r...
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“...people only hear what they are able to, so it's pointless to tell them anything else”
― Randy Davila, The Gnostic Mystery
― Randy Davila, The Gnostic Mystery
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