Part I
In the second chapter of A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jesus, Norm takes a shuttle to Damascus Gate where he is intrigued with the stone and people in the city (38). Norm stays at Austrian Hospice and gets acquainted with the culture, trying the food and looking around the area (39-40). A local arrest delays Norm’s trip and causes him to make comparisons of John the Baptist between the Bible and Josephus’s Jewish Antiquities (42-47). Once able to leave the city, Norm heads off to the library where he maps out his quest of John (47). Norm meets up with his roommate’s uncle and travels to the Dead Sea where he makes more connections to John (53). He meets Bernie in Jerusalem and travel to the River Jordan together to draw more parallels to John (59, 65). The chapter ends with Norm visiting Herod’s dining area where John’s head was probably displayed (68).
Part II
The second chapter to A Hitchhikers Guide to Jesus focuses on the study of John the Baptist. Norm begins with what he knows about John and parallels Professor Guilder pointed out in class (42-47). Norm is curious about what he can find while he is in the old city; when he talks with Jesse, he notes that the Dead Sea may be the reason John baptized because he grew up around the Dead Sea, loving water (53). In comparison with Josephus, Bannus used cold water frequently for purity’s sake, just as baptism represents (54). Flipping back and forward between the comparisons helped me to draw more parallels. He is also compared to Second Samuel, John Baptizes Jesus and Samuel anoints David (50). The end of the chapter talks about John’s death and how it leaves Jesus without competition, which I found interesting to think about (69).
In the second chapter of A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jesus, Norm takes a shuttle to Damascus Gate where he is intrigued with the stone and people in the city (38). Norm stays at Austrian Hospice and gets acquainted with the culture, trying the food and looking around the area (39-40). A local arrest delays Norm’s trip and causes him to make comparisons of John the Baptist between the Bible and Josephus’s Jewish Antiquities (42-47). Once able to leave the city, Norm heads off to the library where he maps out his quest of John (47). Norm meets up with his roommate’s uncle and travels to the Dead Sea where he makes more connections to John (53). He meets Bernie in Jerusalem and travel to the River Jordan together to draw more parallels to John (59, 65). The chapter ends with Norm visiting Herod’s dining area where John’s head was probably displayed (68).
Part II
The second chapter to A Hitchhikers Guide to Jesus focuses on the study of John the Baptist. Norm begins with what he knows about John and parallels Professor Guilder pointed out in class (42-47). Norm is curious about what he can find while he is in the old city; when he talks with Jesse, he notes that the Dead Sea may be the reason John baptized because he grew up around the Dead Sea, loving water (53). In comparison with Josephus, Bannus used cold water frequently for purity’s sake, just as baptism represents (54). Flipping back and forward between the comparisons helped me to draw more parallels. He is also compared to Second Samuel, John Baptizes Jesus and Samuel anoints David (50). The end of the chapter talks about John’s death and how it leaves Jesus without competition, which I found interesting to think about (69).
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