Table of Contents

Part 1: Baptism in the New Testament
I. Howard Marshall, "The Meaning of the Verb "Baptize""
Bruce D. Chilton, "John the Baptist: His Immersion and his Death"
Craig A. Evans, "The Baptism of John in Typological Context"
Joel B. Green, ""She and her Household were Baptized" (Acts 16.15): Household Baptism in the Acts of the Apostles"
Stanley E. Porter, "Did Paul Baptize Himself? A Problem of the Greek Voice System"
Hazel Sherman, "Getting In and Staying In": Unexpected Connections between E.P. Sanders on Paul and Expectations of Baptism Today"
Anthony R. Cross, "Spirit- and Water-Baptism in 1 Corinthians 12.13"
J. Ramsey Michaels, "By Water and Blood: Sin and Purification in John and First John"
Anthony R. Cross, "The Meaning of "Baptisms" in Hebrews 6.2"

Part 2: Baptism in the Early Church
David F. Wright, "Out, In, Out: Jesus" Blessing of the Children and Infant Baptism"
Everett F. Ferguson, "Christian and Jewish Baptism according to the Epistle of Barnabas"
Everett F. Ferguson, "The Doctrine of Baptism in Gregory of Nyssa's Oratio Catechetica"

Part 3: Baptism in Contemporary Theology
Roy Kearsley, "Baptism then and now: Does Moltmann bury Tertullian or praise him?"
Steve Holmes, "Baptism: Patristic Resources for Ecumenical Dialogue"
Graham Watts, "Baptism and the Hiddenness of God"
Paul Fiddes, "Baptism and the Process of Christian Initiation"
Philip E. Thompson, "Memorial Dimensions of Baptism"
Brian Haymes, "The Moral Miracle of Baptism"
Christopher J. Ellis, "The Baptism of Disciples and the Nature of the Church"

About the Author

Stanley E. Porter is President, Dean and Professor of New Testament, McMaster Divinity College, Canada. Anthony R. Cross is Lecturer in Church History at the University of Surrey Roehampton, London.

Reviews

Review in German in Theologische Beiträge 36, 2005

'This is a stimulating collection of essays from an interdisciplinary perspective for scholars, church leaders, and pastors alike....This welcome collection highlights some of the many other facets of baptism hitherto often neglected.'
*European Journal of Theology*

"Testifying to the perpetual interest in baptism, this entire collection demands that attention of libraries specializing in biblical, patristic, and theological research." -Religious Studies Review, 01/04
*Religious Studies Review*