David's Question: What Is Man? (Psalm 8:4) ― Rudolf Steiner, Anthroposophy, and the Holy Scriptures: An Anthroposophical Commentary on the Bible ... Anthroposophy, and the Holy Scriptures. Term) - Softcover

Smith, Edward Reaugh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0880105003 ISBN 13: 9780880105002

Publisher: SteinerBooks, 2001

Synopsis

If, ultimately, there is only one reality, then neither religion nor science can be fulfilled until they come together on a higher plane. In this second volume of his authoritative, anthroposophical commentary on the Bible, Edward Reaugh Smith shows that there is no difference between true science and the divine intelligence sought by true religion. The model for such a union of science and religion is the spiritual science developed by Rudolf Steiner. In this union, what the senses show us about the physical world―when keenly observed and allowed to speak for itself instead of being abstracted into theories―become images of the spiritual world: “As above, so below.”

Drawing on his extensive knowledge of the Bible, the author shows us that anthroposophy provides unique insights into the biblical account.

Included are essays on:

• Evolution
• Creation and Apocalypse
• The Four Elements
• As Above, So Below
• Fire (where Earth and Heaven meet)
• Light (the first form of corporeality from which all else follows)
• Blood (the meeting point of inner and outer worlds)
• What Is Man (how beings of the higher worlds work in forming the earthly vehicle for the human being)
• Plus Numerous Charts & Tables, an extensive bibliography, and an index of scriptures cited.

This is an important resource for anyone who wants to dig into the deepest meanings of biblical scriptures.

About this title

About the Author:

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."

About this edition

• Publisher: SteinerBooks
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0880105003
• ISBN 13: 9780880105002
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560