The diet of John the Baptist
Subtitle: "Locusts and wild honey" in synoptic and patristic interpretation
By: James A. Kelhoffer.
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament,; 176
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: John, the Baptist, Saint; Bible. N.T. Gospels -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.; Food in the Bible.; Diet -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; Vegetarianism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-234) and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and the status quaestionis concerning the diet of John the Baptist; title: Locust/grasshopper eating in ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman antiquity; title: The Baptist's "wild honey"; title: "Locusts and wild honey" in the synoptic interpretation: The historical baptist, Mark, Matthew (and Luke); title: John's diet as 'vegetarian' and a model of asceticism: 'Locusts,' wild honey and the imitatio Iohannis in patristic and subsequent Christian interpretation; title: Epilogue: "Locusts and wild honey" in retrospect: PAIDEIA and early Christian biblical interpretation