An Early Reception History of John the Baptist
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.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Approaching an Early Reception History of John the Baptist
Nathan L. Shedd
Part 1: Receptions of John the Baptist in the Earliest Literature
1 The Sayings Source Q
Federico Adinolfi
2 The Gospel of Matthew
Brian Dennert
3 The Gospel of Mark
Helen K. Bond
4 The Gospel of Luke
Manuel Bonimeier
5 The Gospel of John
Rafael Rodríguez
6 The Acts of the Apostles
Steve Walton
7 Josephus
Shayna Sheinfeld
Part 2: Receptions of John the Baptist in Christian Literature of the Second and Third Centuries
8 Ignatius
Jonathon Lookadoo
9 The Diatessaron
Matthew R. Crawford
10 Apocryphal Gospels
Sarah Parkhouse
11 Justin Martyr
Susan J. Wendel
12 Gnostic Literature
Johanna Brankaer
13 Origen
Carl Johan Berglund
14 Tertullian
Dieter Roth
15 Pseudo-Clementine Literature
Nicole Kelley
Part 3: Receptions of John the Baptist in Byzantine Theology, Pilgrimage, Relics, Art and Worship
16 John Chrysostom
Chris L. de Wet
17 Places and Relics
Joan E. Taylor
18 Early Christian Art
Robin M. Jensen
19 Liturgy and Worship
Sarah Gador-Whyte
Part 4: The Reception of John the Baptist in a Different Strand
20 Mandaean Literature
James McGrath
Index of References
Product details
| Published | Jan 21 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 368 |
| ISBN | 9780567714701 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Series | The Library of New Testament Studies |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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