Synopses & Reviews
The Gospels of Matthew and Luke have many discrepancies in their accounts of the genealogy and nativity of Jesus. Bock reveals that there were two families and two Jesus boys whose destinies were to combine and be fulfilled through the divine plan.
Emil Bock was one of the founding priests of the Christian Community, a movement for Christian renewal, and led the movement from 1938 until his death in 1959.
Synopsis
The Gospel accounts of the birth and childhood of Jesus have puzzling discrepancies and contradictions that have, in general, been ignored by biblical scholars. In particular, Matthew and Luke give very different versions of Jesus' birth and the events that follow.
A long obscured tradition has held that there were two families and two Jesus children--one from the kingly line of Solomon and the other from the priestly line of Nathan--whose destinies were to join and be fulfilled through the Divine plane. Emil Bock shows how the pattern and structure of the four Gospels support the stories of two boys called Jesus, living side by side in Nazareth until the age of twelve, and right up to the dramatic day of their visit to the temple in Jerusalem.
The author also recreates the years between this time and Jesus' baptism in the river Jordan, demonstrating a strong Essene influence on his spiritual development.
The Childhood of Jesus is a must for every serious student of Steiner's Christology and anyone who has ever been puzzled by the Gospel accounts of Jesus' birth.
Synopsis
The gospel accounts of the birth and childhood of Jesus have puzzling discrepancies and contradictions. In particular, Matthew and Luke give different versions of the genealogy and birth of Jesus, and of the events that follow. A long forgotten tradition held that there were, in fact, two families and two Jesus children whose destinies would come together: one from the kingly line of Solomon, and the other from the priestly line of Nathan. There are various apocryphal texts, as well as works of art, in which both children clearly occur. Emil Bock shows how the pattern and structure of the four gospels support the stories of two boys called Jesus, living side by side in Nazareth until the age of twelve, right up to the dramatic day of their visit to the temple in Jerusalem. He also recreates the years between this time and Jesus' baptism. This book is essential reading for every Christology student, and for anyone who has ever wondered about the gospel accounts of Jesus' birth.
Synopsis
An account of the two Jesus children whose destinies would come together at the temple in Jerusalem, and of the remainder of Jesus' childhood up until his baptism.
The gospel accounts of the birth and childhood of Jesus have puzzling discrepancies and contradictions. In particular, Matthew and Luke give different versions of the genealogy and birth of Jesus, and of the events that follow.
A long forgotten tradition held that there were, in fact, two families and two Jesus children whose destinies would come together: one from the kingly line of Solomon, and the other from the priestly line of Nathan. There are various apocryphal texts, as well as works of art, in which both children clearly occur.
Emil Bock shows how the pattern and structure of the four gospels support the stories of two boys called Jesus, living side by side in Nazareth until the age of twelve, right up to the dramatic day of their visit to the temple in Jerusalem. He also recreates the years between this time and Jesus' baptism.
This book is essential reading for every Christology student, and for anyone who has ever wondered about the gospel accounts of Jesus' birth.
Synopsis
A long obscured tradition has held that there were two families and two Jesus childrenone from the kingly line of Solomon and the other from the priestly line of Nathanwhose destinies were to join and be fulfilled through the divine plane. Emil Bock shows how the pattern and structure of the four gospels support the stories of two boys called Jesus, living side by side in Nazareth until the age of twelve, and right up to the dramatic day of their visit to the temple in Jerusalem.