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The Temple Sleep of the Rich Young Ruler: How Lazarus Became the Evangelist John
Contributor(s): Smith, Edward Reaugh (Author)
ISBN: 0880107324     ISBN-13: 9780880107327
Publisher: Steiner Books
OUR PRICE:   $28.45  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Studies - Bible Study Guides
- Religion | Biblical Studies - New Testament - Jesus, The Gospels & Acts
Dewey: 229.8
LCCN: 2011030706
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (1.01 lbs) 366 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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Publisher Description:

Who wrote the Gospel of John? The author identifies himself only as "the disciple whom Jesus loved," and Christian tradition tells us that this disciple was the apostle John. However, during the past century, scholars have increasingly come to doubt that attribution.

In 1902, Rudolf Steiner wrote that the author of the Gospel of John was in fact Lazarus. Steiner's position stemmed from his insight that Lazarus's encounter with death involved far more than people realized--an initiation into higher spiritual realities that uniquely qualified him to write this gospel. Edward Smith takes up this argument and shows that subsequent research has tended to favor Lazarus for reasons grounded in John's Gospel itself.

More important, Smith shows that subsequent discoveries at Nag Hammadi and Mar Saba corroborate Steiner's reasoning about the nature of the raising of Lazarus, pointing to Lazarus as "the rich young ruler" of Mark's Gospel.

C O N T E N T S

BOOK ONE

Introduction
The Beginning
The Discovery
Stalemate
The Three Books--Brown, Carlson, Jeffery
Morton Smith the Man
Smith's Own Interpretation of Secret Mark

BOOK TWO

1. The Ancient Mysteries
2. John
3. Mark's Fleeting Youth

BOOK THREE

Relevant Substance of the Ancient Mysteries
The Authenticity of the Secret Gospel of Mark

The Verdict
Postscript


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."