title: SCRIBE OF HEAVEN: SWEDENBORG'S LIFE, WORK, AND IMPACT (NW CENTURY EDITION)
author: Dr. Jonathan S. Rose
description: <DIV>Emanuel Swedenborg (1688&#194;&#150;1772), a truly remarkable visionary, began his career as a Swedish mining official and member of parliament and became well known throughout Europe as a scientist and prolific writer on scientific and philosophical subjects. After a series of profound religious experiences during midlife, he devoted the remaining twenty-seven years of his life to being a servant of the Lord@ and wrote energetically to communicate a spiritual vision of reality. Since then, the rigid theologies of the eighteenth century have steadily yielded, and the foresighted lucidity of his perspective has gained widening recognition. The fresh and contemporary appeal of Swedenborg's insights arises from the respect he showed for all religious faiths that stress a useful and loving life.</div>
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  # LAZARUS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Lars Kepler
  
  
  Translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## [Copyright](contents.xhtml#copy)
  
  
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  Published by HarperCollins _Publishers_ 2020
  
  
  Copyright © Lars Kepler 2018
  
  
  Translation copyright © Neil Smith 2020
  
  
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  Originally published in 2018 by Albert Bonniers Förlag, Sweden, as _Lazarus_
  
  
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  Cover layout design by Claire Ward © HarperCollins _Publishers_ 2020
  
  
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