Joan Taylor

Well, there is a Nativity account of John the Baptist in the Gospel of Luke. Okay. And it is a real question about whether or not that comes first and then Luke weaves in a Nativity account of Jesus as a kind of way of trumping John the Baptist, because everything about Jesus' Nativity in the Gospel of Luke is more fantastic than the Nativity of John the Baptist. But it's quite a detailed account.

Und das ist, um ihn als den Elijah-Figur zu präsentieren, der Elijah-Figur, der supposed to come ahead of the day of the Lord, as predicted by the prophet Malachi. And so there is a situating of John the Baptist in this great plan, the divine plan for humanity. And it's quite a personal story. It's a curious one. We hear of John the Baptist's parents, Zacharias and Elizabeth.

Und das ist, um ihn als den Elijah-Figur zu präsentieren, der Elijah-Figur, der supposed to come ahead of the day of the Lord, as predicted by the prophet Malachi. And so there is a situating of John the Baptist in this great plan, the divine plan for humanity. And it's quite a personal story. It's a curious one. We hear of John the Baptist's parents, Zacharias and Elizabeth.

Und das ist, um ihn als den Elijah-Figur zu präsentieren, der Elijah-Figur, der supposed to come ahead of the day of the Lord, as predicted by the prophet Malachi. And so there is a situating of John the Baptist in this great plan, the divine plan for humanity. And it's quite a personal story. It's a curious one. We hear of John the Baptist's parents, Zacharias and Elizabeth.

And Zacharias meets the angel Gabriel in the temple. And John has this miraculous birth in that They are an old couple, an older couple, past childbearing age. And yes, so they have this miraculous conception really of John in their old age and he is born to Elizabeth when she thought she couldn't have any children. So then Mary comes along and wow, it's even more amazing what happens to Mary.

And Zacharias meets the angel Gabriel in the temple. And John has this miraculous birth in that They are an old couple, an older couple, past childbearing age. And yes, so they have this miraculous conception really of John in their old age and he is born to Elizabeth when she thought she couldn't have any children. So then Mary comes along and wow, it's even more amazing what happens to Mary.

And Zacharias meets the angel Gabriel in the temple. And John has this miraculous birth in that They are an old couple, an older couple, past childbearing age. And yes, so they have this miraculous conception really of John in their old age and he is born to Elizabeth when she thought she couldn't have any children. So then Mary comes along and wow, it's even more amazing what happens to Mary.

So this shows this interaction between the Jesus tradition and the John tradition. As Helen says, there's probably quite a bit of sharing actually in terms of the tradition. If something looked good in terms of what John the Baptist said, it might very well have migrated to be recorded on the lips of Jesus.

So this shows this interaction between the Jesus tradition and the John tradition. As Helen says, there's probably quite a bit of sharing actually in terms of the tradition. If something looked good in terms of what John the Baptist said, it might very well have migrated to be recorded on the lips of Jesus.

So this shows this interaction between the Jesus tradition and the John tradition. As Helen says, there's probably quite a bit of sharing actually in terms of the tradition. If something looked good in terms of what John the Baptist said, it might very well have migrated to be recorded on the lips of Jesus.

Some people think that John was an Essene and some scholars have written about that quite recently actually and thought he might have had some connection with this particular group. Es ist eine schwierige Frage für mich, weil ich oft denke, dass Wissenschaftler die falsche Idee haben, wer die Essenen waren.

Some people think that John was an Essene and some scholars have written about that quite recently actually and thought he might have had some connection with this particular group. Es ist eine schwierige Frage für mich, weil ich oft denke, dass Wissenschaftler die falsche Idee haben, wer die Essenen waren.

Some people think that John was an Essene and some scholars have written about that quite recently actually and thought he might have had some connection with this particular group. Es ist eine schwierige Frage für mich, weil ich oft denke, dass Wissenschaftler die falsche Idee haben, wer die Essenen waren.

Und es gab diese Tradition, sie als eine mystische, außerirdische Sekte zu sehen, die mit allen anderen in der Judäse in der Zeit komplett unabhängig war. und die Christen als eine andere Gruppe auslösen. Aber ich sehe das in keiner unserer Literatur über die Essenen. Es kommt aus einem bestimmten 19. Jahrhundert.

Und es gab diese Tradition, sie als eine mystische, außerirdische Sekte zu sehen, die mit allen anderen in der Judäse in der Zeit komplett unabhängig war. und die Christen als eine andere Gruppe auslösen. Aber ich sehe das in keiner unserer Literatur über die Essenen. Es kommt aus einem bestimmten 19. Jahrhundert.

Und es gab diese Tradition, sie als eine mystische, außerirdische Sekte zu sehen, die mit allen anderen in der Judäse in der Zeit komplett unabhängig war. und die Christen als eine andere Gruppe auslösen. Aber ich sehe das in keiner unserer Literatur über die Essenen. Es kommt aus einem bestimmten 19. Jahrhundert.

about the possible precursors to Christianity and Judaism and wanting to configure the Essenes as being very different from the Pharisees, who were in the eyes of the scholars of the 19th century very law-bound, whereas the Essenes were kind of much more free and community-driven and radical and so on. Und diese Idee schlägt sich immer noch um.

about the possible precursors to Christianity and Judaism and wanting to configure the Essenes as being very different from the Pharisees, who were in the eyes of the scholars of the 19th century very law-bound, whereas the Essenes were kind of much more free and community-driven and radical and so on. Und diese Idee schlägt sich immer noch um.

about the possible precursors to Christianity and Judaism and wanting to configure the Essenes as being very different from the Pharisees, who were in the eyes of the scholars of the 19th century very law-bound, whereas the Essenes were kind of much more free and community-driven and radical and so on. Und diese Idee schlägt sich immer noch um.

In der Tat habe ich recht kurz nach dem Wikipedia-Artikel über die Essenen geschaut und es wurde beschrieben als ein mystischer Sekt oder ein mystischer Grupp oder so etwas. Nein, das waren sie nicht. Und so waren die Essenen in einer Nutschelle einer der drei Gruppen im Zweiten Tempel-Judaismus, die Josephus beschrieben hat, die anderen zwei Gruppen.