A provocative thesis that the historical Jesus was connected to the royal 18th dynasty of Egypt• Contends that Jesus, Joshua, and Tutankhamun were the same person• Provides evidence from church documentation, the Koran, the Talmud, and archaeology that the Messiah came more than a millennium before the first century C.E.• Shows that Christianity evolved from Essene teachings Although it is commonly believed that Jesus lived during the first century C.E., there is no concrete evidence to support this fact from the Roman and Jewish historians who would have been his contemporaries. The Gospel writers themselves were of a later generation, and many accounts recorded in the Old Testament and Talmudic commentary refer to the coming of the Messiah as an event that had already occurred.Using the evidence available from archaeology, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Koran, the Talmud, and biblical sources, Ahmed Osman provides a compelling case that both Jesus and Joshua were one and the same--a belief echoed by the early Church Fathers--and that this person was likewise the pharaoh Tutankhamun, who ruled Egypt between 1361 and 1352 B.C.E. and was regarded as the spiritual son of God. Osman contends that the Essene Christians--who followed Jesus' teachings in secret after his murder--only came into the open following the execution of their prophet John the Baptist by Herod, many centuries later. Yet it was also the Essenes who, following the death of Tutankhamun and his father Akhenaten (Moses), secretly kept the monotheistic religion of Egypt alive. The Essenes believed themselves to be the people of the New Covenant established between their Lord and themselves by the Teacher of Righteousness, who was murdered by a wicked priest. The Dead Sea Scrolls support Osman's contention that this Teacher of Righteousness was in fact Jesus.

What Is Truth? Maps of region Introduction Book 1: The Scarlet Thread 1 Scandal of the Dead Sea Scrolls 2 A False Dawn? 3 Silent Witness 4 A Mischievous Superstition 5 The Nazarene 6 Another Time, Another Place 7 The Man Sent from God 8 The Suffering Servant 9 The Afterlife 10 Echoes from the Past 11 Death in the Wilderness 12 The Scarlet Thread 13 Cover-up 14 And the Walls Came Tumbling Down 15 The Gospels Book 2: The House of the Messiah 16 Child of Sin 17 Hiding the Sinful Truth 18 Peoples of the Sea 19 The Promised Land 20 The Two Davids 21 Journey to Heaven 22 Armageddon 23 A Tale of Two Cities 24 Jerusalem, City of David 25 Jerusalem, City of Peace 26 David and Abraham 27 David and Bathsheba Book 3: Christ the King 28 The Living Image of the Lord 29 The Virgin Birth 30 The Holy Family 31 The Hidden One 32 Evidence from the Tomb 33 The Lost Sheep Appendices A Testaments Old and New B The Destruction of Hazor C David and Goliath D The Autobiography of Sinuhe E The Virgin Fountain F King of Peace G Rebellion H District Commissioners I The Queen of Sheba and the Glass Lake J The Wisdom of Solomon Chronology Notes Bibliography Index