Talk:Mandaean Book of John

John in 70 AD
I've read it claimed that this book rejects the usual story of John's death and says he lived all the way to the Fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD and Prophesied it's Destruction. Is this claim true? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.29.233.157 (talk) 17:01, 20 October 2014 (UTC)


 * John's death dates vary, 28-36AD based on the nearest contemporary accounts of John the Baptist. For example, in Flavius Josephus's (37-100AD) Antiquities of the Jews it could have been a bit before, around 36AD either at the end of Herod's marriage with Aretas' daughter or at the time of destruction of Herod's army by King Aretas (36AD). In contrast the Mandaean Book of John, as per the webstite in the translation project was a much later work, written in the "Islamic era" (probably around 600-800ad)SteamWiki (talk) 17:51, 1 September 2018 (UTC)