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Murphy, Catherine M. 1961-

John the Baptist : prophet of purity for a new age - Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, ©2003 - xviii, 185 pages 23cm.

Will the Real Baptist Please Stand Up? --
Reading the Evidence: The Sources for John the Baptist --
The "Game Rules" for Reconstructing History from Ancient Witnesses --
Redaction Criticism: How and Why Authors Shape Their Stories --
The Synoptic Problem in the Account of the Baptism of Jesus --
A Solution to the Synoptic Problem: The Two-Source Hypothesis --
Redaction Criticism --
Baptist Vignettes in the Gospels: A Redaction-Critical Approach --
Fifteen Vignettes --
Some Redaction-Critical Results --
The Historical Baptist --
Another Angle on the Baptist Movement: Social-Scientific Criticism --
Definition, Scope, and Methods --
An Initial Exercise: A Map for Designing a Social-Scientific Inquiry --
An Inductive Exercise: From Text to Hypothesis --
Purification Movements in First-Century C.E. Judea --
A Deductive Exercise: From Model (Purity and Pollution) to Text --
An Inductive Exercise: First-Century Jewish Purification Movements.

ISBN: 0814659330 9780814659335

Subjects--Topical Terms:
John, --the Baptist, Saint.

Dewey Class. No.: 232.94 / MUR