The first volume of A Marginal Jew uses the "criterion of embarrassment" to argue that this event was not fabricated, since it was so "embarrassing" for its author to include it that the author has no reason to lie.
The first volume of A Marginal Jew uses the "criterion of embarrassment" to argue that this event was not fabricated, since it was so "embarrassing" for its author to include it that the author has no reason to lie. This event is said to have occurred at the Qasr El-Yahud, or the "Castle ofthe Jews." In one account, immediately before this action is described, a man imagines that a winnowing-fan is in God's hand so that he can clear the threshing floor, but will burn the chaff with an inextinguishable flame. John Paul II made this event the first of the five Luminous Mysteries. In Eastern Orthodoxy, this event is commemorated on January 19th. After this event, a voice remarks, "This is my Son, in whom I am well pleased." The Holy Spirit descends like a dove after this event, which occurred at the start of Christ's ministry. For 10 points, name this event in which Jesus was dunked in the Jordan River.
The first volume of A Marginal Jew uses the "criterion of embarrassment" to argue that this event was not fabricated, since it was so "embarrassing" for its author to include it that the author has no reason to lie.
baptism of  Christ [or John the Baptist  baptizing Jesus; or obvious equivalents; prompt on partial answer]