locusts and wild honey John the Baptist’s meager fare in wilderness. [N.T.: Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6] See:Sustenance Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved. ...
The most prevalent interpretations maintain that the locusts and wild honey, however construed, highlight John as Prophet, wilderness-dweller, ascetic or vegetarian. A recurrent weakness in many interpretations of Mk 1.6c/Mt.3.4c is that they ignore the possibility that this characterization could ...
美[ˈloʊkəst] 英[ˈləʊkəst] n.蝗虫;蚱蜢;【植】洋槐;刺槐 网络蝗虫过境;蝗虫大军;蝗虫毁灭日 复数:locusts 英汉 英英 网络释义 n. 1. 蝗虫;蚱蜢 2. 【植】洋槐;刺槐,洋槐[刺槐]的木材 3. 【植】角豆树 4. 〈美〉蝉 ...
Given the ambiguity in Leviticus - “Every swarming thing that swarms on the ground is detestable; it shall not be eaten” – it’s easy to see how these meaty air swarming fellows can slip quietly through the categorical gaps of dietary laws. Even John the Baptist might have turned desert...
Even in the New Testament, locusts were depicted as a delicacy, when John the Baptist is ‘preaching in the wilderness of Judea,’ wearing ‘a garment of camel hair and a leather belt around his waist’ and eating ‘locusts and wild honey’ (Matthew 3:4; [53]. Traditionally, the ...
美[ˈloʊkəst] 英[ˈləʊkəst] n.蝗虫;蚱蜢;【植】洋槐;刺槐 网络蝗虫过境;蝗虫大军;蝗虫毁灭日 复数:locusts 英汉 英英 网络释义 n. 1. 蝗虫;蚱蜢 2. 【植】洋槐;刺槐,洋槐[刺槐]的木材 3. 【植】角豆树 4. 〈美〉蝉 ...