The Three Years
The Life of Christ between Baptism and Ascension
by Emil Bock

How can the scientifically oriented man of today approach the healings and miracles of the Gospels, least of all such events as the raising of Lazarus and the Resurrection itself? Emil Bock shows how he can do this without feeling untrue to himself or to the age in which he lives. He does not smooth the path by minimizing the significance of these events, or explaining away the difficulties. Rather he leads more deeply into them through creating an understanding of the implications of such a unique event as the incarnation of a divine cosmic being into the body of Jesus on earth.

In The Three Years, Emil Bock explains the four Gospels both as historical documents and as profound spiritual records of the incarnation of Christ. Each of these aspects, in his vivid presentation, is seen to throw light on the other; he regards the Gospel of John as that which gives the most precise record of the progression of events in the period of Christ's ministry, as well as being that of the deepest esoteric significance.

Floris Books
336pp; paperback
ISBN: 0-86315-535-9

The Emil Bock 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:

• Genesis
  Creation and the Patriarchs

• Moses
  From the Mysteries of Egypt to the Judges of Israel

• Kings and Prophets
  Saul, David, Solomon, Elijah, Jonah, Isaiah and Jeremiah

• Caesars and Apostles
  Hellenism, Rome, Judaism

• The Childhood of Jesus
  The Unknown Years

• The Rhythm of the Christian Year
  Renewing the Religious Cycle of Festivals

• Saint Paul
  Life, Epistles and Teaching

• The Apocalypse of Saint John
   

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