Where was Jesus during those eighteen `Missing Years` when the Bible couldn`t account for him? Did he travel to India and Tibet? The question of where he went and what happened to him is one that will not go away, no matter how much it is ignored or apparently discredited by the customary authorities. Its importance cannot be overlooked, as these formative years would have shaped Jesus, and his experiences during this time would have influenced his later message and mission, as brought to us through the New Testament Gospels. All that we know of these years is that Jesus `increased in wisdom and stature and in favour with God and man` (Luke 2.52). But how? And where? First mention of his travels in India, Kashmir and Tibet was made by the Russian traveller Nikolai Notovitch in the 1890s, and since then a number of other works have also suggested he undertook these journeys, not least The Aquarian Gospel, first published in 1908. Alan Jacobs has examined the main sources for this theory. He has weighed up the strength of their arguments and how they substantiate or contradict the controversial Aquarian Gospel, and his conclusions have resulted in this balanced and informative book. He throws new light on the `Missing Years` and on the possible sources of the inspiration and knowledge that Jesus drew upon while carrying out his short yet groundbreaking mission in Palestine. He also explores the well-worn Oriental tradition that perhaps Jesus did not die on the Cross, but instead ended his years in the East.