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Jacob Behmen

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A working shoemaker in seventeenth-century Germany becomes the focus of Alexander Whyte's study of religious thought and personal experience. Delivered as a lecture for classes on mystics, this appreciation approaches Jacob Behmen through passages drawn from his own writings. Whyte describes the spiritual distress that preceded Behmen's visions, his efforts to record what he believed he had received from God, and the humble claims he made about his abilities and character.

The discussion also turns to English translations of Behmen's works and to his treatment of human temperament in The Four Complexions. Whyte connects these reflections with the people around Behmen's shop, the opposition of his minister and the changing decisions of the town council.

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Alexander Whyte

Alexander Whyte (1836-1921) was a Scottish minister in Edinburgh. His lectures on characters from John Bunyan's books were collected as the Bunyan Characters series, and he also wrote "Jacob Behmen", a study of the German shoemaker and mystic Jacob Boehme (1575-1624).

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Author: Alexander Whyte
Reading time: About 50 minutes
Pages: 21
Language: English
Genre: Biography
Formats: PDF, EPUB, Read online