With page-turning suspense, Lena Einhorn details a first-century chronology that resolves many persistent mysteries about the historical Jesus and makes her conclusion impossible to ignore. "The Jesus Mystery" explores what may have happened if Jesus did not die on the cross. Noting discrepancies between the historical record and traditional New Testament chronologies, it reinterprets early Christian history giving to show that Jesus may have had a radically different - and direct - role in the spread of Christianity throughout the world. Reading "The Jesus Mystery" as the author builds the evidence is as thrilling as reading a mystery. The author's theory is entirely supportable through scriptural reading and historical references; it's also profoundly credible psychologically.