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''' John the Baptizer ''' (2009) is a novel by [[Brooks Hansen]]. | ''' John the Baptizer ''' (2009) is a novel by [[Brooks Hansen]]. | ||
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"A vivid, moving, and unprecedented biographical saga of John the Baptist... Traditionally, John the Baptist is seen as little more than an opening act—“the voice crying in the wilderness”—in the great Christian drama. In presenting the epic of John’s life, novelist Brooks Hansen draws on an extraordinary array of inspirations, from the works of Caravaggio, Bach, and Oscar Wilde to the histories of Josephus, the canonical gospels, the Gnostic gospels, and the sacred texts of those followers of John who never accepted Jesus as Messiah: the Mandeans. Gripping as literary historical fiction, and fascinating as a diligent exploration of ancient and modern sources, this book brings to eye-opening life the richly textured world—populated by the magnificently sordid, calculating, and reckless Herods, their families, and their courts—into which both John and Jesus were born. John the Baptizer is a captivating tapestry of power and dissent, ambition and self-sacrifice, worldly and otherworldly desire, faith, and doubt."--Publisher description. | "A vivid, moving, and unprecedented biographical saga of John the Baptist... Traditionally, John the Baptist is seen as little more than an opening act—“the voice crying in the wilderness”—in the great Christian drama. In presenting the epic of John’s life, novelist Brooks Hansen draws on an extraordinary array of inspirations, from the works of Caravaggio, Bach, and Oscar Wilde to the histories of Josephus, the canonical gospels, the Gnostic gospels, and the sacred texts of those followers of John who never accepted Jesus as Messiah: the Mandeans. Gripping as literary historical fiction, and fascinating as a diligent exploration of ancient and modern sources, this book brings to eye-opening life the richly textured world—populated by the magnificently sordid, calculating, and reckless Herods, their families, and their courts—into which both John and Jesus were born. John the Baptizer is a captivating tapestry of power and dissent, ambition and self-sacrifice, worldly and otherworldly desire, faith, and doubt."--Publisher description. | ||
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Published in New York, NY: Norton, 2009. | Published in New York, NY: Norton, 2009. | ||
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[[Category:Life of John the Baptist (subject)|2009 Hansen]] | [[Category:Life of John the Baptist (subject)|2009 Hansen]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:46, 19 July 2018
John the Baptizer (2009) is a novel by Brooks Hansen.
Abstract
"A vivid, moving, and unprecedented biographical saga of John the Baptist... Traditionally, John the Baptist is seen as little more than an opening act—“the voice crying in the wilderness”—in the great Christian drama. In presenting the epic of John’s life, novelist Brooks Hansen draws on an extraordinary array of inspirations, from the works of Caravaggio, Bach, and Oscar Wilde to the histories of Josephus, the canonical gospels, the Gnostic gospels, and the sacred texts of those followers of John who never accepted Jesus as Messiah: the Mandeans. Gripping as literary historical fiction, and fascinating as a diligent exploration of ancient and modern sources, this book brings to eye-opening life the richly textured world—populated by the magnificently sordid, calculating, and reckless Herods, their families, and their courts—into which both John and Jesus were born. John the Baptizer is a captivating tapestry of power and dissent, ambition and self-sacrifice, worldly and otherworldly desire, faith, and doubt."--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in New York, NY: Norton, 2009.
External links
- [ Google Books]
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- Fiction--2000s
- Fiction--English
- Literature--2000s
- Novels
- English language--2000s
- Second Temple Studies--2000s
- Second Temple Studies--Fiction
- Second Temple Studies--English
- Christian Origins Studies--2000s
- Christian Origins Studies--Fiction
- Christian Origins Studies--English
- Life of John the Baptist (subject)
- John the Baptist (subject)
- John the Baptist--fiction (subject)
- John the Baptist--literature (subject)