John the Baptist in history and theology / Joel Marcus.

An analysis that challenges the conventional Christian hierarchy of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Marcus, Joel, 1951- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2018]
Series:	Studies on personalities of the New Testament.
Subjects:	John, > the Baptist, Saint.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The Competition Hypothesis
Qumran
The Elijah Role
Baptism
Jesus
Herod Antipas
Conclusion
Appendix 1. The Chronology of John's Life
Appendix 2. Is Josephus's Account of John the Baptist a Christian Interpolation?
Appendix 3. Database by Source of Information about John the Baptist in the Canonical Gospels and Josephus
Appendix 4. Was John from a Priestly Background?
Appendix 5. The "Others" in Josephus, Antiquities 18.118
Appendix 6. Knut Backhaus's Interpretation of Acts 19:1-7
Appendix 7. The "Day-Baptists"
Appendix 8. John the Baptist's Use of Isaiah 40:3
Appendix 9. The Baptist in the Slavonic Version of Josephus's Jewish War
Appendix 10. Apocalyptic Belief and Perfectionism
Appendix 11. The Meaning of "Purification" in John 3:25.

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