{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 243/1924-08-18/p016","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"In this epoch the leading beings who influenced the evolution of Earth and man were grouped round a Being called Gabriel, to adopt the ancient terminology. We could equally well choose another name—the terminology is of minor importance—but it would be best to keep to the name Gabriel, in accordance with the Christian-Judaic tradition.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"7. Knowledge of the World of Stars. Differentiation of the Historical Epochs of Mankind and their Spiritual Background","site_heading":null,"date":"1924-08-18","location":null,"word_count":54,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/243/1924-08-18/p016","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"A. H. 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