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In this slide illustrated Zoom lecture I explore the ways in which John the Baptist was marginalized from the dominant Jesus tradition that ended up becoming the "master narrative" running through the New Testament. What was he in his own time and place? Can we recover traditions of John, embedded in our sources, that will allow him to emerge as he was--the leader of the early first century Messianic movement that came to be associated with Jesus and subsequently Christianity? This lecture includes much that has been overlooked by millions of Christians, including new archaeological evidence related to John and the early traditions about him, as well as research on the Mandeans--who still exist--and trace their faith back to John himself--and not to Jesus. At the end I offer some personal reflections--on a more emotional level, hope everyone is good with that. It is hard to deal with these murdered figures--John, Jesus, and James, without thinking of them as more than "historical" topics.
Here is a post from Tabor's Blog--which, by the way, has much more on John the Baptist, that fills in many other details and also includes materials from Hebrew Matthew (Shem Tov version): jamestabor.com/was-jesus-a-fo...
This lecture was part a Biblical Archaeology Society seminar, publishers of the premiere archaeology magazine, Biblical Archaeology Review. It is used with permission.
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