Examining Accuracy of Research in Genealogy: Did Jesus Die India?
Examining Accuracy of Research in Genealogy: Did Jesus Die India?; By Dwight A. Radford; Forewords by Claire Smith-Burns and Arif Khan; 2025; 158 pp; Color throughout; Softbound ISBN: 978-1-62859-385-3; Item #FR0157
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Sheila Benedict's review:
Once again, Dwight Radford has hit a home run. I say that as one of the people who have viewed and reviewed some of his other books but cannot state it better than his own words that "This work is not a thesis on Whether Jesus ever went to India and died there.
Instead it is meant to survey the use and abuse of historical documents in developing a workable narrative. In the end, whether a narrative is reasonable and is not a waste of time depends on the application of that evidence." All of us as genealogists, historians, archivists and others know that from sources comes information and that means finding factual and provable evidence. There is bad and there is good evidence and do we understand the difference? This book delves deeply into those questions and more, making this book a "must have" and keeping it available and at arm's length not as something to just read but to fully understand the importance of citing sources and following the genealogical standard analysis., correlation, and proving what you have is reliable. Dwight Radford has taken an esoteric topic and made it work for all genealogists, beginners through advance. Bravo Dwight and thank you!
Sheila Benedict
Benedict Research Services. Forensic and Family History Research
California, USA
Following is the Table of Contents. Note that the Front Matter (vi-xx) are moved to the bottom of this listing:
Chapter 1 - The Foundation: The Islamic Jesus
Chapter 2 - The Context: The Background Story
Chapter 3 - The Importance of Theology
Chapter 4 - The Sources: Who is Referencing Whom?
Chapter 5 - The Motive and Reputation: Why the Subject?
Chapter 6 - How Sources are Utilized: Channeled Literature, Scriptures, & Inspiration
Chapter 7 - Original versus Transcript
Chapter 8 - The Investigative Process
Chapter 9 - Bullet Proofing the Research
Chapter 10 - The Creation of the Narrative
Chapter 11 - Probable and Possible: Filling in the Gaps
Chapter 12 - Research Conclusions: Bringing the Research Together
Chapter 13 - The Genealogist Mind and the 556 Signatures
Bibliography
Index
Front Matter:
vi - Maps, Images, Charts, Photographs, Reference Aids
viii - English–Arabic Words
ix - Foreword: Genealogical Perspective
x - Foreword: Ahmadiyya Muslim Perspective
xii - In Memory of Mohamed Arshad Ahmedi
xv - Paternal Ancestry of Mohamed Arshad Ahmedi (1952–2023)
xvii - Introduction
xx - Maps of India, and Disputed Kashmir