Saint John the Baptist and the Desert Tradition (1958 Steinmann / Boyes), book (English ed.)

Saint John the Baptist and the Desert Tradition (1958) is the English edition of Saint Jean-Baptiste et la spiritualité du desert (1955 Steinmann), book. Translated from the French by Michael Boyes.

Editions

Published in New York, NY: Harper; and London [England]: Longmans, 1958.

Contents

The John of history and tradition -- The Jewish world at the beginning of the Christian era -- The Essene communities -- The intellectual work and prayer of the Essenes -- The origins of John the Baptist -- Was John the Baptist an Essene? -- The preaching and baptism of John the Baptist -- The baptism of Jesus by John -- The arrest of John -- The martyrdom of John the Baptist -- John and the Essenes in the primitive church -- John the baptist's influence outside Christianity -- The spiritual life of the desert -- Desert prophecy in Christianity -- The call of the desert -- The asceticism of the desert -- The discipline of the desert -- The rites of the desert.