Dimensions of baptism biblical and theological studies

Porter, Stanley E., 1956- (Added Author). Cross, Anthony R. (Added Author).

Summary: This book brings together work by J. Ramsey Michaels, Joel Green, Howard Marshall, Bruce Chilton, Craig Evans and the editors, as well as several others. The first section covers baptism in the New Testament, including the meaning of the word baptize, the baptism of John, Paul's own baptism and his theology of it, and baptisms in John 13, Acts and Hebrews. The second section deals with baptism in the Early Church, including essays on Jesus' blessing of the children, and baptism in the Epistle of Barnabas and in Gregory of Nyssa. The third section addresses baptism in contemporary theology, emb.

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ISBN: 9780567583260 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0567583260 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0826462030
ISBN: 9780826462039
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xvi, 401 p.)
Publisher: London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, c2002.

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General Note:	CatBulkString:sept.20.12 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [354]-379) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Baptism-- an ongoing debate / Stanley E. Porter and Anthony R. Cross -- Part 1: Baptism in the New Testament: The meaning of the verb "baptize" / Howard Marshall -- John the Baptist : his immersion and his death / Bruce Chilton -- The baptism of John in typological context / Craig A. Evans -- "She and her household were baptized" (Acts 16.15) : household baptism in the Acts of the Apostles / Joel B. Green -- Did Paul baptize himself? : a problem of the Greek voice system / Stanley E. Porter -- Getting in and staying in" : unexpected connections between E.P. Sanders on Paul and expectations of baptism today / Hazel Sherman -- Spirit- and water-baptism in 1 Corinthians 12.13 / Anthony R. Cross -- By water and blood : sin and purification in John and First John / J. Ramsey Michaels -- The meaning of 'baptisms' in Hebrews 6.2 / Anthony R. Cross -- Part 2: Baptism in the early church: Out, in, out : Jesus' blessing of the children and infant baptism / David F. Wright -- Christian and Jewish baptism according to the Epistle of Barnabas / Everett F. Ferguson -- The doctrine of baptism in Gregory of Nyssa's Oratio catechetica / Everett F. Ferguson -- Part 3: Baptism in contemporary theology: Baptism then and now : does Moltmann bury Tertullian or praise him? / Roy Kearsley -- Baptism : patristic resources for ecumenical dialogue / Stephen R. Holmes -- Baptism and the hiddenness of God / Graham Watts -- Baptism and the process of Christian initiation / Paul S. Fiddes -- Memorial dimensions of baptism / Philip E. Thompson -- The moral miracle of faith / Brian Haymes -- The baptism of disciples and the nature of the church / Christopher J. Ellis.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.