| The Incredible Births of Jesus Contributor(s): Smith, Edward Reaugh (Author) |
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ISBN: 0880104481 ISBN-13: 9780880104487 Publisher: Steiner Books OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: A lifetime of studying and teaching the Bible, in a restless search for its deeper meaning, eventually lead Edward IL Smith to a reference to Rudolf Steiner. With characteristic intensity and skilled research techniques from careers as a tax lawyer and successful business person, Smith works to bring the insights he discovered in anthroposophy, or spiritual science, to the heart of mainstream Christianity. In The Burning Bush, the first volume of his anthroposophical commentary on the Bible, the author began this immense task. This book focuses on the Nativity and the amazing events that offer not only hope to all humanity, but a way to understand the significance of the bible as the story of human development from the far distant past into the far distant future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Theosophy |
| Dewey: 299.935 |
| LCCN: 98037290 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.5" W x 8.52" (0.37 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - New Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: No story is so well known, nor perhaps any so little understood, as the birth of Jesus. Its mystery steals into every heart as days shorten into winter. And commercialism's thickening veneer has neither quieted the cry of every soul nor stilled its urge to penetrate through it all to an understanding of this most magnificent event in all creation. A lifetime of studying and teaching the bible in a restless search for its deeper meaning eventually lead Edward R. Smith to a reference to Rudolf Steiner. With characteristic intensity and skilled research techniques developed during successful careers as a tax lawyer and business person, Smith works to bring the insights he discovered in anthroposophy, or spiritual science, to the heart of mainstream Christianity. He began this immense task in The Burning Bush, which is volume one of his anthroposophical commentary on the bible. This small volume, The Incredible Births of Jesus, derives from the larger work and focuses on the Nativity. Distilling all his research into a brief narrative to convey the significance of this amazing event is a challenge that Smith rises to with conviction. Completely aware of its immense importance for humanity and conscious of the inner conflicts that Rudolf Steiner's insights may cause a modern Christian, the author shares his path to understanding. It is a path that offers not only hope to humanity but a way to comprehend the bible as the story of human development from the far distant past into the far distant future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Edward Reaugh: - Edward Reaugh Smith is an Illinoisan transplanted to Texas at mid-century. He is a husband, father, and grandfather with broad interests in life. A successful lawyer and businessman, amateur musician, and athlete, his lifelong search for the deeper meaning of the Bible--which he taught for over twenty-five years before discovering the writings of Steiner--expresses itself in his many works. For more about this interesting, hard-working author and his books, please visit his website, "The Bible and Anthroposophy." |