John the Baptist

Prophet of Purity for a New Age

By: Catherine M. Murphy

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How did Gospel authors Matthew and Luke shape the story of John the Baptist around the story of Jesus? Why was the historical Baptist so popular? In John the Baptist: Prophet of Purity for a New Age, Catherine Murphy explores the character of John the Baptist and compares what the foundational Gospels yield: not only the perspectives of the synoptic authors, but also a sketch of the historical figure of the Baptist, which is then placed within the religious, political and economic context of first-century C.E. Judea. Special attention is given to the interface between John and the Qumran community, which scholars have proposed ever since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Chapters are "Will the Real Baptist Please Stand Up?" "Redaction Criticism: How and Why Authors Shape Their Stories," "Baptist Vignettes in the Gospels: A Redaction-Critical Approach," "Another Angle on the Baptist Movement: Social-Scientific Criticism," "Purification Movements in the First-Century C.E. Judea," and "Conclusion."

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The treatise should furnish the intended audience with an understanding not only of an important personage from the biblical world but also with a first-hand experience of the manner in which various academic disciplines operate to bring the past to life in the present-not from mere curiosity but from a desire for vital religious and rational integrity.
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List of Figures	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Abbreviations	p. xvii
Will the Real Baptist Please Stand Up?	p. 1
Reading the Evidence: The Sources for John the Baptist	p. 3
The "Game Rules" for Reconstructing History from Ancient Witnesses	p. 13
Redaction Criticism: How and Why Authors Shape Their Stories	p. 23
The Synoptic Problem in the Account of the Baptism of Jesus	p. 24
A Solution to the Synoptic Problem: The Two-Source Hypothesis	p. 28
Redaction Criticism	p. 35
Baptist Vignettes in the Gospels: A Redaction-Critical Approach	p. 41
Fifteen Vignettes	p. 42
Some Redaction-Critical Results	p. 80
The Historical Baptist	p. 83
Another Angle on the Baptist Movement: Social-Scientific Criticism	p. 85
Definition, Scope, and Methods	p. 87
An Initial Exercise: A Map for Designing a Social-Scientific Inquiry	p. 89
An Inductive Exercise: From Text to Hypothesis	p. 96
Purification Movements in First-Century C.E. Judea	p. 109
A Deductive Exercise: From Model (Purity and Pollution) to Text	p. 110
An Inductive Exercise: First-Century Jewish Purification Movements	p. 134
Conclusion	p. 157
Glossary	p. 161
Bibliography	p. 167
Index of Scripture and Ancient Sources	p. 175
Index of Modern Authors	p. 183
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