Research Catalog

Title

Moses : from the mysteries of Egypt to the Judges of Israel / Emil Bock.

Author

Bock, Emil, 1895-1959.

Publication

Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions International, 1986.

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Details

Description

224 pages; 22 cm

Summary

The author believes that history has meaning only when it is seen in its true light as a path of ever-evolving consciousness. It is within the history of consciousness that the aims of the gods are hidden and progressively realized, and it is in the changes of consciousness that the meaning of historical evolution is perceived. Facts and events are molded into history by the ruling influences of spiritual powers and entities who stand behind the destinies of individuals and nations. It is from this perspective of spiritual history, further inspired and illumined by Rudolf Steiner's science of the spirit, Anthroposophy, that the author approaches the age of Moses. As did Steiner, Bock saw this period as a great transition in mankind's spiritual history, one that influenced all humanity everywhere, shaping the consciousness of more recent epochs.

Uniform Title

Moses und sein Zeitalter. English

Alternative Title

Moses und sein Zeitalter.

Subject

• Moses (Biblical leader)
• Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Bible. > Biography
• Bible
• To 1200 B.C
• Jews > History > To 1200 B.C
• Anthroposophy
• Anthroposophy
• anthroposophy
• Jews

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Biographies.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Note

• Translation of: Moses und sein Zeitalter.
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 216-218.

Contents

Osiris -- Akhenaton -- Moses -- 1. Twilight of the Egyptian gods -- The birth of a people in a foreign land -- Thutmose the Third and the Battle of Megiddo -- Amenophis the Fourth, Akhenaton -- Expectation of a messiah -- Ramses the Second and the infanticide -- Moses' basket of bulrushes -- Education through Egypt -- Transformation of consciousness -- The serpent symbol -- The horns of the ram -- The sacrifice of the lamb -- Aaron and the sacred bull -- The ten plagues -- The passage through the Sea of Reeds -- The coffin of Joseph -- Desert journey -- Jethro -- Sinai revelation -- 2. The birth of Israel's Yahweh culture -- The significance of the desert -- Osiris, Yahweh, Christ -- The geological nature of Moses revelation -- The location of Mount Sinai -- The mystery centre of Jethro -- Jethro's daughters -- The burning bush -- The staff of Moses -- The bronze serpent -- The miracle of the spring -- The revelation at Horeb-Sinai -- Trials and temptations -- The death of Moses -- Sinai and Damascus -- Joshua -- the Judges -- Ruth -- 3. Battles and premonitions of the messianic future -- Joshua and Jesus -- The 'son of the fish' -- The destruction of Jericho -- The world of the Canaanites -- Gibeon -- The twelve judges -- Deborah, Gideon, Abimelech -- Jephthah's daughter -- Samson -- Bethlehem and Ruth.

ISBN

• 089281117X
• 9780892811175

LCCN

86010573

OCLC

• ocm13703129
• 13703129
• SCSB-1158346

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library