Troubled waters
Subtitle: the real New Testament theology of baptism
By: Ben Witherington III
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9781602580046
Subjects: Baptism -- Biblical teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-146) and index
Table of contents: title: Getting our feet wet: the antecedents of Christian baptism outside the New Testament; title: John's baptism-totally immersed in his work: pre-Christian initiations in the New Testament and pre-sacramental texts; title: Parting the waters: the beginnings of water baptism as a Christian rite: the Acts of the Apostles; title: Trial by water ordeal: Paul and burial with Christ; title: Breaking the waters of birth: water baptism in the Johannine literature?; title: Down in the flood: baptism in Hebrews and 1 Peter; title: A rite of passage: a theology of water baptism in the New Testament; title: Postscript: Coming up for air: where do we go from here?