3.4c. This article surveys Synoptic passages pertaining to John's diet and reviews biblical scholarship on the subject from Erasmus to the present. The most prevalent interpretations maintain that the locusts and wild honey, however construed, highlight John as Prophet, wilderness-dweller, ascetic ...
FROM LOCUSTS AND WILD HONEY The poem "Theologies for Korah," by Dante Micheaux is presented. First Line: On a lesser diet than that of the wretched; Last Line: I have learned to retain my head while speaking truth. D Micheaux - 《Poetry》 被引量: 0发表: 2016年 The Writings of John...
John wore clothes made from camel's hair and had a leather belt around his waist. His diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.Good News TranslationJohn's clothes were made of camel's hair; he wore a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. International ...
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 ...