| Series |
Studies on personalities of the New Testament
Studies on personalities of the New Testament. ^A380110
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| 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. |
| Abstract |
An analysis that challenges the conventional Christian hierarchy of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-258) and indexes. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Marcus, Joel, 1951- John the Baptist in history and theology. Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, 2018 9781611179019 |
| LCCN | 2018004870 |
| ISBN | 9781611179002 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1611179009 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
