ISSA: The Greatest Story Never Told
Edition: 1
Publisher: Snow Mountain Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Gardiner, MT
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781932890051
Subjects: Jesus Lost Years
Genres: fiction; children
First sentence: Northwestern China, Taklamakan Desert, four years after the birth of Jesus 

Perched on a rock overlook, the two leaders peered into the encampment below.
Description: Thousands of miles from Bethlehem, less than two centuries before Jesus’ birth, warfare was waged against a nomadic people who eventually established a vast empire throughout Bactria and portions of China, Afghanistan, Iran, and India—the Kushan empire... Who were the Kushans? Where did they come from? Could the Kushans have been reestablishing a high civilization during Jesus’ life? Could they have been influenced by the wisdom of young Issa and could they have helped to prepare him for his mission? Were the Kushans the distant descendants of the twelve tribes of Israel? And what was the meaning of the gold “Signet” that linked the Kushans, the three wise men and the ancient Order of Melchizedek? ISSA thrusts us into the life of Jesus during the period of his “lost years.” The elements of adventure, intrigue, the mysterious, and a spirituality that transcends doctrine and dogma begs the question, " Was the greatest story ever told, the complete story?"
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Website: http://www.Issa-TheGreatestStoryNeverTold.com
Table of contents: title: Author’s Note
pagenum: vii
class: part
label: Preface; label: 1
pagenum: 1
class: part
title: The Dark Night; label: 2
pagenum: 12
class: part
title: Faraway Classes; title: Seeds of Wheat
pagenum: 39
class: part
label: 3; title: Home Fires
pagenum: 54
class: part
label: 4; title: The Way to Shamballa
pagenum: 68
class: part
label: 5; label: 6
pagenum: 84
class: part
title: The Hidden Teacher; title: New Roads
pagenum: 106
class: part
label: 7; title: Travel Plans
pagenum: 113
class: part
label: 8; title: A Strange Encounter
pagenum: 124
class: part
label: 9; label: 10
pagenum: 136
class: part
title: Mathura Crossroad; label: 11
pagenum: 159
class: part
title: Growth of an Empire; label: 12
pagenum: 168
class: part
title: Confrontation and Redemption; title: The Greatest Loss—The Highest Gain
pagenum: 186
class: part
label: 13; label: 14
pagenum: 195
class: part
title: Mountain Discovery; title: Down from the Mountain
pagenum: 202
class: part
label: 15; pagenum: 221
class: part
title: Cast of Characters; pagenum: 224
class: part
title: The Order of Melchizedek; pagenum: 225
class: part
title: Acknowledgments; pagenum: 227
class: part
title: Reader’s Section; pagenum: 234
class: part
title: Historical Perspective on the Kushan Empire