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035			_a(Sirsi) a95220
050			_aBV 811.2 .B37 B43 1962
100	1		_a Beasley-Murray, George Raymond, _d 1916-2000
245			_aBaptism in the new testament _c G.R. Beasley-Murray.
260			_aGrand Rapids, Michegan, _b Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source, _c 1962.
300			_a422 pages
500			_aIncludes indexes
520			_aThis enduring study of Christian baptism by G. R. Beasley-Murray presents a critical defense of the doctrine of believers' baptism on the basis of the New Testament evidence. / Beasley-Murray first discusses the various rites that precede Christian baptism historically, then 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 — Beasley-Murray 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. / Throughout this work, Beasley-Murray continually focuses on the necessity of baptism and its relationship to grace, faith, the Spirit, the church, ethics, and hope. He also presents a careful, well-balanced examination of the rise and significance of infant baptism — one of the most debated elements in the doctrine of baptism today.
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