>Does anyone know of good secondary literature on the cult of
>John the Baptist before the twelfth century? I am trying to find out
>whether there exists evidence that he was considered a founder of
>monasticism (there is an allusion to this in Isidore of Seville's
>*De ecclesiasticis officiis*) and whether his cult was particularly
>important to monastic communities.
>Susan Boynton
>Music Department, Brandeis University
>
Dear Susan,
my bet is that he was of special importance for early eremites. The latest
monographies on John which I know of are the following:
ERNST, Josef
Johannes der Ta"ufer : Interpretation, Geschichte, Wir-
kungsgeschichte. Berlin et al. : de Gruyter, 1989
(= Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
und die Kunde der a"lteren Kirche, Beiheft 53), xv+426 pp.
ISBN 3-11-011707-x
LUPIERI, Edmondo
Giovanni Battista fra storia e leggenda. Brescia : Paideia,
1988 (= Biblioteca di cultura religiosa, 53), 475 pp.
ISBN 88-394-0414-7
Best wishes,
Otfried Lieberknecht
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