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| | FOREWORD | v |
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I. | | JOHN THE BAPTIZER AND CHRISTIAN ORIGINS | 1-28 |
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| | A Recent Study on John's Symbolism | 1 |
| | The John-passage in 'The Antiquities' of Josephus | 2 |
| | The N.T. Account: The Dress and Food of Repentance | 4 |
| | Popular Messianic Expectations | 7 |
| | The Sanctification of the Jordan-water | 9 |
| | The Probable Symbolic Signification of John's Baptism | 10 |
| | The Baptism of the Proselytes | 11 |
| | One of John's Discourses and its Symbolism | 13 |
| | The Fish and Fishers Symbolism | 14 |
| | Ḫani-Ōannēs-Iōannēs | 16 |
| | John-Jonah | 18 |
| | Rabbinic Fish Symbolism | 20 |
| | The Samaritan Ta'eb: A Reborn Joshua or Noah | 21 |
| | John's Eschatological Symbolism | 22 |
| | John and Jesus generally | 24 |
| | John and the Messiahship of Jesus | 26 |
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II. | | FROM THE JOHN-BOOK OF THE MANDÆANS | 29-96 |
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| | Introductory | 29 |
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| i. | THE GNOSTIC JOHN THE BAPTIZER | 35-61 |
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| | Portents at John's Birth | 35 |
| | John's Proclamation concerning himself | 40 |
| | His Assumption of the Prophet's Mantle | 41 |
| | John's Light-ship | 42 |
| | John the Ascetic | 44 |
| | Of Judgment-Day | 45 |
| | The Letter of Truth | 46 |
| | John's Invulnerability | 48 |
| | John and the Baptism of Jesus | 48 |
| | John's Marriage | 52 |
| | John on his own Passing | 54 |
| | John's Birth, Upbringing and First Appearance | 56 |
| | John's Answer to Jesus Concerning the Angel of Death | 59 |
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| ii. | THE STORY OF THE BREACH WITH JUDAISM | 62-70 |
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| | Miryai is expelled from Jewry | 62 |
| | A Variant of the Same | 64 |
| | The Exiled Community settle on the Euphrates | 65 |
| | The Jews persecute the Mandæans | 67 |
| | They beg them to Return | 67 |
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| iii. | SOME TYPICAL EXTRACTS | 71-96 |
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| | The 'Fisher of Souls' Saga | 71 |
| | The Light-ship of the Fisher | 75 |
| | The Good Fisher overwhelms the Evil Fishers | 76 |
| | The Final Submission of the Evil Fishers | 79 |
| | The Good Shepherd | 81 |
| | The Loving Shepherds of the Good Shepherd | 83 |
| | The Treasury of Life | 86 |
| | In the Beginning | 89 |
| | Exhortations | 91 |
| | The Song of the Poor's Exaltation | 93 |
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III. | | THE SLAVONIC JOSEPHUS' ACCOUNT OF THE BAPTIST AND JESUS | 97-119 |
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| | INTRODUCTORY | 97 |
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| | TRANSLATION OF THE INTERPOLATIONS | 103-110 |
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| | i. | John's Proclamation and his Rebuke of the Authorities | 103 |
| | ii. | His Interpretation of Philip's Dream | 105 |
| | iii. | His Persistent Rebuking of Agrippa and his Execution | 105 |
| | iv. | The Ministry, Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus | 106 |
| | v. | The Treatment of the First Christians | 107 |
| | vi. | The Trilingual Inscription concerning Jesus | 108 |
| | vii. | Portents at the Death of Jesus and Rumours of his Resurrection | 109 |
| | viii. | A Prophecy concerning Jesus | 110 |
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| | GENERAL REMARKS | 110 |
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IV. | | THE FOURTH GOSPEL PROEM | 120-127 |
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| | A NEW VERSION VENTURE | 120-127 |
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| | Connection | 120 |
| | Translation | 123 |
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| | AFTERWORD | 128 |