Baptism in the New Testament

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Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2006 M08 1 - 432 pages
Baptism In The New Testament

In this thorough and well-documented study of the sacrament of Holy Baptism, G.R. Beasley-Murray presents a critical defense of the doctrine of believers' baptism on the basis of the New Testament evidences. The author--one of the leading New Testament scholars in England--is himself a Baptist; but his discussion transcends denominatioal lines.

Beasley-Murray begins by discussing various rites that precede Christian baptism historically, and analyzes the relationship between these earlier rites and baptism. From these antecedents--Old Testament ritual washings, Jewish proselyte baptism, the lustrations practiced at Qumran, and the baptism of John the Baptist--the author proceeds to the foundations of Christian baptism in the career of Jesus, its emergence as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, and its development in the New Testament epistolary literature.

In his consideration of the doctrine of Christian baptism as ariculated in the New Testament, Beasley-Murray focuses his attention on the necessity of baptism and its relationship to grace, faith, the Spirit, the church, ethics, and hope. A careful examination of the rise and significance of infant baptism follows, and the study concludes with a selected bibliography and several indices.
 

Contents

THE FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIAN BAPTISM
45
THE Acts
93
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN BAPTISM IN
126
18
242
Treatise?
251
THE DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIAN BAPTISM IN THE
263
45
287
THE RISE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF INFANT BAPTISM
306
72
323
The Significance of Infant Baptism
359
BAPTISMAL REFORM AND INTERCHURCH
387
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
396
INDEx OF SUBJECTs
408
93
411
INDEx OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
416
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G.R. Beasley-Murray was Principal of Spurgeon's College, London. He is author of Jesus and the Future and A Commentary on Mark 13.

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