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 Kings
and Prophets
Saul, David, Solomon
Elijah, Jonah,
Isaiah and Jeremiah
by Emil Bock
In
Kings and Prophets, Emil
Bock undertakes the stupendous task of rekindling the universal
significance of the biblical kings and prophets for us today. David,
Solomon, Elijah and many others appear not just as obscure figures
important to the history of a small nation, but as the embodiment of the stages
of the path leading the soul to an experience of Christ.
Bock
provides the antidote to the criticism of the 'Judeo-Christian
tradition', based on a sociological reading of the Old Testament
that strips it of all grandeur and significance. In contrast, Bock
makes clear that in the first half of the last pre-Christian
millennium it was among the Israelite-Jewish people that the true
pulse of the spirit of the age was beating. During this historical
period, the life and endeavours of all mankind was concentrated in a
brightly illumined centre of world history charged with apocalyptic
mysteries.
With
majestic strokes he paints the history of the Israelites as being
guided from above by the spirit of Christ actively preparing his own
incarnation through them. The attainment of a new human
consciousness, which flashes up in Moses, was destined to take a
decisive step forward in prophets such as Isaiah who experienced the
death of ancient visions and the rebirth of new powers of perception
such as are awakening in mankind today.
Floris
Books
368pp; paperback
ISBN: 0-86315-573-1
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Kings and Prophets - Emil Bock
 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.
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