John the Baptist

== References ==
=== Citations ===
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=== Sources ===
====Books on John the Baptist====
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* [[Brooks Hansen]] (2009) ''John the Baptizer: A Novel''. New York: [[W. W. Norton]]. {{ISBN|978-0-393-06947-1}}
* Murphy, Catherine M. (2003) ''John the Baptist: Prophet of Purity for a New Age''. Collegeville: Liturgical Press. {{ISBN|0-8146-5933-0}}
* Taylor, Joan E. (1997) ''The Immerser: John the Baptist within Second Temple Judaism''. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. {{ISBN|0-8028-4236-4}}
* W. Barnes Tatum (1994) ''John the Baptist and Jesus: A Report of the Jesus Seminar'', Sonoma, California: Polebridge Press, 1994, {{ISBN|0-944344-42-9}}
* Webb, Robert L. (1991) ''John the Baptizer and Prophet: a Socio-Historical Study''. Wipf and Stock Publishers. {{ISBN|978-1-59752-986-0}} (first published Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1991)

====Iconography====
*Hall, James, ''Hall's Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art'', 1996 (2nd edn.), John Murray, {{ISBN|0719541476}}

====Islamic view====
* {{cite encyclopedia |article = Yahya b. Zakariya |last=Rippin |first= A. |editor1 = P.J. Bearman |editor2 = Th. Bianquis |editor3 = C.E. Bosworth |editor4 = E. van Donzel |editor5 = W.P. Heinrichs |encyclopedia = [[Encyclopaedia of Islam Online]] |publisher = Brill Academic Publishers |issn = 1573-3912}}
* J.C.L Gibson, ''John the Baptist in Muslim writings'', in ''MW'', xlv (1955), 334–345

====Passages in the [[Quran]]====
* Appraisals for Yahya: [https://web.archive.org/web/20051203053921/http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=6&verseBegin=85&verseEnd=85 6:85], [https://web.archive.org/web/20051203050439/http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=19&verseBegin=7&verseEnd=7 19:7], [https://web.archive.org/web/20051204202825/http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=19&verseBegin=12&verseEnd=12 19:12], [https://web.archive.org/web/20070327060857/http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=19&verseBegin=13&verseEnd=13 19:13], [https://web.archive.org/web/20051204203407/http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=19&verseBegin=14&verseEnd=14 19:14], [https://web.archive.org/web/20051204142508/http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=19&verseBegin=15&verseEnd=15 19:15]
* Yahya's prophecy: [https://web.archive.org/web/20051203052429/http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=3&verseBegin=39&verseEnd=39 3:39], [https://web.archive.org/web/20051203053921/http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=6&verseBegin=85&verseEnd=85 6:85], [https://web.archive.org/web/20051204202825/http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=19&verseBegin=12&verseEnd=12 19:12]
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