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 Caesars
and Apostles
Hellenism, Rome, Judaism
by Emil Bock
Investigations into
the origins of Christianity continue to exert a fascination beyond
the confines of professional theologians and New Testament scholars.
In this major study, Emil Bock provides a fascinating and unusual
perspective on the cultural and political milieu in existence at the
time of the emergence of Christianity.
Utilizing the
spiritual research of Rudolf Steiner, Bock attempts to penetrate
outer historical events in order to expose the spiritual
undercurrents and impulses that shaped Greco-Roman civilization and
later Judaism. Events, such as the Persian Wars, are examined with a
view to understanding the spiritual struggles raging between those
forces that wished to promote a newly emerging human consciousness,
based on independent thought and a growing sense of egocentricity,
and those forces that wished to preserve the authoritarian
structures of the past which were rooted in now decadent mystery
practices. In particular, the role of the Essenes receives
remarkable prominence given that Bock was writing prior to the
discoveries of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
In the second half
of the book, Bock investigates the esoteric biographies of some of
the key figures surrounding Jesus Christ, and demonstrates how their
destinies were significantly affected by their encounters with the
being of Christ.
Floris Books
368pp; hardback
ISBN: 0 86315 273 2
 The
author was born in Wuppertal, Germany in 1895. He studied German and
theology, receiving his licentiate in 1921. He was one of the
founder priests of The Christian Community, a movement for Christian
renewal, and led the movement from 1938 until his death in 1959.
Other books by the author:
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