ANCIENT RECORDS
TRAVELLER NAMED ISSA. BELIEVED TO BE CHRIST. EUDDIIIST DOCUMENTS FOUND. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 9.55 a.m. to-day PARIS, May 81.. It is reported that Professor Roerich, leader of the expedition which has been for three years exploring unknown Asia, discovered at Hemis monastery, Thibet, ancient Buddhist manuscripts mentioning a. journey through the country of a traveller named Issa, best of tlnj sons of men. Issa is believed to be identical with Christ, who was stated to have left his parents in Palestine and travelled in a caravan to India, preaching to the low castes. His return to Palestine and trial by Pilate are also mentioned. The discoveries also include the Slavonic editions of Josephus. —Reuter.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 1 June 1926, Page 5
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