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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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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
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| IxTheo Classification: | FA Theology HC New Testament |
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| Summary: | 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, it is equally doubtful that the Baptist was a nuanced legal reformer. A third section probes additional matters regarding the Baptist and purity in ancient Judaism. The common denominator to many issues raised here is Marcus’s tendency to treat the possible as probable. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5197 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "John the Baptist in history and theology (Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, 2018)"
Kritik von "John the Baptist in history and theology (Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2018)" Kritik von "John the Baptist in history and theology (Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, 2018)" Kritik in "Response to the Respondents (2021)" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455197-19010004 |