The Wisdom of St. John

by Bô Yin Râ, B. Yin R.

This work retraces the original contents of the Fourth Gospel before its text was mutilated by the early editors who made it fit the mold of the synoptic gospels in order to support the progress of the mission. The book discusses the historical events reflected in this Gospel, as they were witnessed by contemporaries, before interpretation gave the actual events another meaning. It describes the human personality of Jesus of Nazareth, his life and death, his public and private teaching, and, most importantly, it gives the real background on his spiritual mission. The book provides a portrait of the Galilean Master as his friends and adversaries knew him, before his life and person were deified, so as to serve as objects for the worship of the new religion. In separating history from legend, the book shows many ancient dogmas in a higher as symbols of enlightened wisdom which point the way to spiritual realities beyond the purview of dogmatic speculation. E.W.S., Publisher
The Kober Press's translations of the books of Bô Yin Râ are the only English translations authorized by the Kober Verlag, Switzerland. The Kober Verlag publishes the books of Bô Yin Râ in the original German and has protected their integrity since Bô Yin Râ's lifetime.
Introduction. The Master's Image. The Luminary's Mortal Life. The Aftermath. The Missive. The Authentic Doctrine. The Paraclete. Conclusion.

150 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1975

About the author

Pseudomym of Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken. The father, Joseph S., was a native of Burgstadt, Franconia. The mother, Maria Anna, née Albert, came from Hosbach, near Aschaffenburg.

Schneiderfranken was graduated from the Städelsche Art Institute at the conclusion of the summer semester 1899, in the master class of Prof. W.A. Beer (1837-1907). From September 1900 to the end of June 1901 his studies were continued at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, under Prof. Ch. Griepenkerl (1839-1916). In the fall of 1901 he briefly lived in Munich, where he later made his residence for longer periods. Here a fellow painter, Gino Parin (1876-1944), was his studio neighbor and became a friend whose skill and expertise he counted very valuable.

In the early summer of 1902 he attended the Académie Julian in Paris, where his teachers were Tony Robert-Fleury (1837-1911) and Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1912).

In 1906 a collection of his pen-and-ink and pencil drawings was exhibited at the Kunstverein at Leipzig. That year he traveled for six weeks in Italy. In 1908 he also visited the south of Sweden. During the next few years, 1909-1912, his studio was in Munich.

From 1913 to 1915 he worked again in Munich. In 1915 the E. Schulte Gallery in Berlin exhibited a collection of his Greek landscapes.

Until the spring of 1923 the author lived and worked in Görlitz.