John the Baptist — Another Case for Forgery in Josephus (conclusion)

Дата публикации: 28-04-2021 02:33:17

Here is the final post discussing the introductory chapter of Rivka Nir’s The First Christian Believer: In Search of John the Baptist where she sets out her case for the John the Baptist passage in the writings of Josephus being a forgery. For readers with so little time, the TL;DR version: The baptism of John that is described in Josephus’s Antiquities is shown to be significantly different from Jewish Pharisaic baptism (Pharisee baptism was for ritual cleansing of the body independently from any call for moral purity; the Josephan John’s baptism was for bodily purity but required moral purity as a … Continue reading "John the Baptist — Another Case for Forgery in Josephus (conclusion)"

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