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191 pages 18 cm Includes bibliographical references The John of history and tradition -- The Jewish world at the beginning of the Christian era -- The Essene communities -- The intellectual work and prayer of the Essenes -- The origins of John the Baptist -- Was John the Baptist an Essene? -- The preaching and baptism of John the Baptist -- The baptism of Jesus by John -- The arrest of John -- The martyrdom of John the Baptist -- John and the Essenes in the primitive church -- John the baptist's influence outside Christianity -- The spiritual life of the desert -- Desert prophecy in Christianity -- The call of the desert -- The asceticism of the desert -- The discipline of the desert -- The rites of the desert

Author

from the French by Michael Boyes

Publisher

New York, Harper

Published

1958

Language

EN

Subjects

Religion, Christian, Bible