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An Early Reception History of John the Baptist

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An Early Reception History of John the Baptist

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This volume explores the reception history of John the Baptist in writings, relics, material culture, social and cultural contexts; focusing on both the impact of the received past in a given context and the procreative capability of a given context to remake tradition in the images, symbols, and interests of the present. It thus steps into the void created by attempts to configure the Baptist “behind the text”, instead using numerous sources to map the memory of the Baptist across time and space.

The contributors accordingly utilize insights from social memory theory-a theoretical discourse devoted to the complex relationship between the past and the present-to conceptualize their arguments. At the heart of each chapter are two interrelated questions: how do inherited traditions about John the Baptist shape or constrain the portrayal of John in the primary source, and how do the various social, cultural, and rhetorical contexts activate, stabilize, or redeploy received tradition of John the Baptist? Covering a range of source material up to the end of the fifth century, this volume prompts further interest and exploration of the early reception history of John the Baptist and the contexts that deployed him as a key resource.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One: Approaching the Early Reception of John the Baptist - Nathan L. Shedd, Johnson University, USA
New Testament
Chapter Two: John the Baptist in Q - Federico Adinolfi, Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose San Francesco, Italy
Chapter Three: John the Baptist in the Gospel of Matthew - Layang Seng Ja, Kachin Theological College and Seminary, Burma
Chapter Four: John the Baptist in the Gospel of Mark - Sang Mok Lee, Pyeongtaek University, South Korea
Chapter Five: John the Baptist in the Gospel of Luke - Pending
Chapter Six: John the Baptist in the Gospel of John - Rafael Rodriguez, Johnson University, Knoxville, USA
Chapter Seven: John the Baptist in the Acts of the Apostles - Steve Walton, Trinity College – Bristol, UK
Josephus
Chapter Eight: John the Baptist in Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews - Shayna Sheinfeld, Augsburg University, USA
Early Christian Writings
Chapter Nine: John the Baptist in Ignatius' Letter to the Smyrnaeans - Jonathon Lookadoo, Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary, South Korea
Chapter Ten: John the Baptist in Marcion - Christine Hoffmann, West Virginia University, USA
Chapter Eleven: John the Baptist in Apocryphal Gospels - Sarah Parkhouse, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Manchester, UK
Chapter Twelve: John the Baptist in Justin Martyr - Pending
Chapter Thirteen: John the Baptist in Gnostic Literature - Johanna Brankaer, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany
Chapter Fourteen: John the Baptist in Origen - Carl Johan Berglund, Åbo Akademy University, Finland
Chapter Fifteen: John the Baptist in Tertullian - Dieter T. Roth, Boston College, USA
Chapter Sixteen: John the Baptist in Pseudo-Clementine Literature - Nicole Kelley, Florida State University, USA
Chapter Seventeen: John the Baptist in John Chrysostom - Chris L. de Wit, University of South Africa, South Africa
Chapter Eighteen: John the Baptist in Mandaean Literature - James F. McGrath, Butler University, USA
Material Culture and Praxis
Chapter Nineteen: Apocryphal Lives of John the Baptist: Relics and Sites of Memory - Joan Taylor, Professor of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism, King's College London, UK
Chapter Twenty: John the Baptist in Early Christian Art - Robin Jensen, University of Notre Dame, USA
Chapter Twenty One: John the Baptist in Liturgy and Worship - Sarah Gador-White, Australian Catholic University, Australia
Conclusion
Chapter Twenty Two: The Memory of John's Body and Baptism - Nathan L. Shedd, Johnson University, USA
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published Feb 18 2027
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Pages 368
ISBN 9780567714688
Imprint T&T Clark
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Series The Library of New Testament Studies
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Joan E. Taylor

Joan E. Taylor is the prize-winning author of Chri…

Anthology Editor

Nathan L. Shedd

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