false 5780067 1 An ancient mystery in today's 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. 5951989 15 9 2008 The Gnostic Mystery total:252|5:38|4:43|3:67|2:71|1:33| 252 738 404 219 5 9 false false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 10:30:14 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 10:35:21 -0700 2009 2 8 false true Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 03 13:48:54 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 30 10:25:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 7 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 06:31:41 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 03 09:02:29 -0700 2009 1
Nearly all the dialog in this book is devoted to espousing Gnostic theology and early Christian history. None of the history (or theology) was a surprise to me as I have studied, albeit briefly, this subject previously.

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Jack decides to take a vacation from his stressful life in Virginia to see his old college roommate, Punjeeh, who lives in Jerusalem. Punjeeh has been a devout Catholic since Jack met him. Lately though, Punjeeh seems to have changed, while Jack is now interested in learning ...more...]]> 2 6 false false Thu Mar 12 19:49:41 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 19:54:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 5 false false Thu Mar 12 18:58:27 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 11:07:07 -0700 2009
It might have been better if the explanations had b...more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 05:24:06 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 05:23:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 6 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 12:32:26 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 12:51:15 -0700 2009 The Gnostic Mystery read like a research paper on gnosticism converted into a novel form. Davila's source material is good - I've read most of them - but because he failed to research the other side of the issue, the end result is a book that is overly optimistic about its ability to convinc...more...]]> 1 3 false false Wed Mar 25 18:33:08 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 18:42:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 4 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 10:44:03 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 10:50:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 29 07:53:12 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 07:56:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 4 false true Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 08:49:20 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 11:35:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 5 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 20:06:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 12:29:26 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Mar 28 19:33:21 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 19:49:16 -0700 2009 5 3 false false Tue Jan 27 19:21:59 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 08:21:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 2 true true Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 15:25:03 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:48:19 -0700 2009 1
I was suprised that Jack was so shaken by the "truths" pres...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5780067