John the Baptist (Hebrew: יוחנן המטביל, Yoḥanan ha-mmatbil, Arabic: يحيى Yahyá or يوحنا المعمدان Yūhannā al-maʿmadān, Aramaic: ܝܘܚܢܢ Yoḥanan)[1] (c. 6 BCE – c. 36 CE) was an itinerant preacher[2] and a major religious figure[3] who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River.[4] Some scholars maintain that he was influenced by the Essenes, who were semi-ascetic, expected an apocalypse, and
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The beheading of St. John the Baptist is a standard theme in Christian art,[1] in which John's head is often depicted on a platter, which represents the request of Herod's stepdaughter, Salome.[17] He is also depicted as an ascetic wearing
