Analogies, Possibilities and Probabilities: Joel Marcus’s John the Baptist

This essay dialogues with Joel Marcus’s volume on John the Baptist. After praising Marcus’s penchant for introducing helpful analogies, questions are raised regarding two of Marcus’s hypotheses. First, it is difficult to accept that the Baptist was ever associated with the Qumran sectarians; second,...

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Main Author: Klawans, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2021
In: Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
Year: 2021, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-38
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B John the Baptist / Cultic purity / Qumran Community / Locusts / Essenes / Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls
IxTheo Classification:FA Theology
HC New Testament
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