John the Baptist
Subtitle: a portrait based on biblical and extra-biblical sources, including recent archaeological finds
By: Charles H.H. Scobie
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: John, -- the Baptist, Saint.
Notes: Subtitle from jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The quest of the historical John; title: The sources; title: John's background; title: Birth and infancy; title: John the preacher; title: John the Baptist; title: John the prophet; title: The disciples of John; title: John and Jesus; title: The Samaritan ministry; title: Arrest and martyrdom; title: The Baptist sect; title: What manner of man?