For ten points, name this predictor of Christ's arrival who was given his epithet due to his habit of dipping people in the Jordan River.
Mandeans hold that this figure is the only true Messiah, while Mormons believe that he descended on the banks of the Susquehanna to talk with Joseph Smith. The Bab was supposedly a reappearance of this figure, whose father only regained the ability to speak after he named his child. This son of (*) Zechariah stirred often in the womb of his mother Elizabeth, and he was beheaded at the request of Herod's stepdaughter Salome. For ten points, name this predictor of Christ's arrival who was given his epithet due to his habit of dipping people in the Jordan River.
Mandeans hold that this figure is the only true Messiah, while Mormons believe that he descended on the banks of the Susquehanna to talk with Joseph Smith.
John the Baptist (accept Yoḥanan ha-mmaṭbil or Yuhanna Al-Ma'madan; prompt on “John”) &lt;KT&gt;