RT Book T1 John the Baptist in history and theology T2 Studies on Personalities of the New Testament Ser A1 Marcus, Joel 1951- LA English PP Columbia PB University of South Carolina Press YR 2018 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1041491840 AB An analysis that challenges the conventional Christian hierarchy of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth. AB Cover -- JOHN THE BAPTIST IN HISTORY AND THEOLOGY -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The Competition Hypothesis -- CHAPTER 2 Qumran -- CHAPTER 3 The Elijah Role -- CHAPTER 4 Baptism -- CHAPTER 5 Jesus -- CHAPTER 6 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 -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS -- SUBJECT INDEX -- INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES. OP 289 NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources CN BS2456 .M33 2018 SN 978-1-61117-901-9 K1 John,-the Baptist, Saint K1 Electronic books