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    <![CDATA[The Gnostic Mystery]]>
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    <![CDATA[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.]]>
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  <body>It's not getting any better.  Thankfully I'm almost done with it.</body>
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  <body>I'm still curious about the story eventhought the writting is lacking.</body>
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  <body>The dialoge is still terrible...</body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Two stars is being kind.  I would honestly give it 1 1/2 stars.  The premise as laid out in the book's description is intriguing but the actual story is far from what the description led me to think the story might be.  As others have noted, I too hoped for a Da Vinci Code type mystery that unfolded...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48991789">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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