| Jacob Boehme: The Way to Christ Revised Edition Contributor(s): Erb, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0809121026 ISBN-13: 9780809121021 Publisher: Paulist Press OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1977 Annotation: The most in-depth and scholarly panorama of Western spirituality ever attempted! In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American traditions have been critically selected, translated and introduced by internationally recognized scholars and spiritual leaders. The texts are first-rate, and the introductions are informative and reliable. The books will be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of every literate religious persons". -- The Christian Century |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Mysticism |
| Dewey: 248.22 |
| LCCN: 77095117 |
| Series: Classics of Western Spirituality (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.02" W x 9.04" (1.00 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Catholic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Precisely the dimension of our heritage that most needs to be recovered...I cannot imagine a more timely publishing venture. Huston Smith Thomas J. Watson Professor Religion & Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Syracuse University Jacob Boehme: The Way to Christ translation, introduction and notes by Peter Erb, preface by Winifred Zeller For the source in light and the source in darkness is but a single source. Nevertheless they are one nature just as fire and light are one nature. Jacob Boehme, 1575-1624 Evelyn Underhill called the German Lutheran Mystic Jacob Boehme one of the most astonishing cases in history of a natural genius for the transcendent, Nicolas Beryaev described Boehme as Beyond a doubt...one of the greatest of Christian gnostics. I am using the word not in the sense of heresies...but to indicate a wisdom grounded in revelation and employing myths and symbols rather than concepts-a wisdom much more contemplative than discursive. Boehme was the son of a farmer who lived the first part of his life as a shepherd and later became a shoemaker. He claimed that his writings reflect only what he was taught through the direct experience of God. A truly giant figure in the spiritual tradition, he has greatly influenced Angelus Silesius, William Blake, John Milton, Isaac Newton, William Law and many others. As the editor of this volume, Peter Erb, says, The Way to Christ provides the best introduction to his thought and spirituality. A collection of nine separate treatises, its parts were written late in his career and reflect his final theological position, a position established not aside from his earlier work, but on it...The book was intended to serve as a meditation guide. Boehme believed that his writing had come from the Spirit. It was intended to direct his fellow-believers back to the Spirit as he had been directed. |