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Podcast: A New Voice of Freedom
Episode: Season 4 Podcast 121 The Stories of the New Testament, Matthew Ch 14, “The Beheading of John the Baptist, a Parable for our Day.”
Description: Season 4 Podcast 121 The Stories of the New Testament, Matthew Ch 14, “The Beheading of John the Baptist, a Parable for our Day.”The story of the beheading of John the Baptist is perhaps one of the most famous stories of the New Testament. It has all the aspects of high drama: sex, violence, intrigue, deception, collusion, revenge, power, seduction, manipulation, and murder. It was later elevated to stage drama by such notables as Flaubert, the French novelist, and Wilde, the English dramatist. The dramatists exercise their poetic license and are not historically reliable. From there we got...