Standard abbreviation: Life Cond. John Bapt.
Other titles: none
Clavis numbers: ECCA 358
Category: Hagiographa
Related literature: Birth of John the Forerunner, Life of John the Baptist by Serapion, Life and Martyrdom of John the Baptist, Decapitation of John the Forerunner, Martyrdom of Zechariah, Protevangelium of James.
Compiled by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]).
Citing this resource (using Chicago Manual of Style): Burke, Tony. “Life and Conduct of John the Forerunner.” e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha. Accessed DAY MONTH YEAR. https://www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-christian-apocrypha/life-and-conduct-of-john-the-baptist/.
Originally posted June 2020.
1. SUMMARY
Named historical figures and characters:
Geographical locations:
2. RESOURCES
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
3.1 Manuscripts and Editions
3.1.1 Greek (BHG 838)
Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 2634, fols. 8r–10v (15th cent.)
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Selden Supra 9, fols. 50v–53v (1340)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1190, fols. 199v–206r (1568)
Berendts, Alexander. Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Zacharias- und Johannes-Apokryphen. TU, N. F. 11/3. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1904 (description of the text, pp. 12–13).
Nau, François. “Histoire de saint Jean Baptiste attribuée à saint Marc l’Évangéliste.” PO 4 (1908): 521–41 (description of the text pp. 523–24).
3.2 Modern Translations
3.3 General Bibliography
Berendts, Alexander. Studien über Zacharia-Apokryphen und Zacharias-Legenden. Leipzig: A. Deichert’sche, 1895.
Burke, Tony. “The New Testament and Other Early Christian Traditions in Serapion’s Life of John the Baptist.” Pages 281–300 in Christian Apocrypha. Receptions of the New Testament in Ancient Christian Apocrypha. Edited by Jean-Michel Roessli and Tobias Nicklas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014.