Dimensions
145 x 223 x 29mm
Rediscovering the Lost Religion of Taoist Christianity.
In 1907, explorers discovered a vast treasure trove of ancient scrolls dating from the 5th to 11th centuries AD in a long-sealed cave in a remote region of China. Written in Chinese, the scrolls recounted a history of Jesus' life and teachings in beautiful Taoist concepts and imagery that were unknown in the West. These wrings told a story of Christianity that was by turns unique and disturbing, hopeful and uplifting.
In 'The Jesus Sutras', eminent theologian and Chinese scholar Martin Palmer provides the first popular history and translation of the sect's long-lost scriptures - all of them more than a thousand years old and comparable in significance to the Dead Sea Scrolls. These extraordinary sacred texts present an inspiring use of Jesus' teachings and life within Eastern practices and meditations - and provide an extraordinary window into an intriguing, gentler, more spiritual Christianity than existed in Europe or Asia at the time, or, indeed, even today.
