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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Jewish prophet who in the New Testament baptized and prepared the way for Jesus. He was executed by Herod Antipas at the behest of Salome.
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New Testament prophet whobaptized Jesus . He was executed byHerod Antipas at the request ofSalome .
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- noun (New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome
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Examples
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Judith and Holofernes or the Beheading of John the Baptist, which is in Malta, they are paintings of executions.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Judith and Holofernes or the Beheading of John the Baptist, which is in Malta, they are paintings of executions.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Judith and Holofernes or the Beheading of John the Baptist, which is in Malta, they are paintings of executions.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Also we do not have very early members of the John the Baptist fan club claiming they knew what JtB had done by reading scripture, and pointing out that Jews would never have heard of John the Baptist if not for Baptists preaching about him.
Mythicism and John the Baptist James F. McGrath 2010
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Well Dr. McGrath, you are the one who brought up the historicity of John the Baptist here, and I'm simply trying to see what plausible scenario has been constructed to determine the possible resolution of the contradictory elements of the stories we have.
Mythicism and John the Baptist James F. McGrath 2010
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In Strauss's Salome a young girl performs a striptease for her stepfather and then demands that he present her with the head of John the Baptist.
George Heymont: Two Operas You'll Never See Performed at the Met! 2010
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In Strauss's Salome a young girl performs a striptease for her stepfather and then demands that he present her with the head of John the Baptist.
George Heymont: Two Operas You'll Never See Performed at the Met! 2010
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Just to add, I agree with commenters who argue the John the Baptist passage is not an interpolation and the differences from the accounts in the Gospels.
Mythicism and John the Baptist James F. McGrath 2010
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People though John the Baptist was the reincarnation of Elijah.
Mythicism and Paradigm Shifts James F. McGrath 2010
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She also had a soul sister -- her older cousin, Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.
Cathleen Falsani: The Virgin Mary: Spiritual Sister Cathleen Falsani 2010
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