The Bible and Baptism: The Fountain of Salvation
- Grand Rapids, Michigan Baker Academic 2022
- 230p illustrations ; 23 cm.
- A Catholic Biblical Theology of the Sacraments .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-218) and indexes.
PART 1 Written for Our Instruction: Water in the Old Testament 1. The Waters of Life 3 2. The Waters of Death 21 3. The Waters of Freedom 39 4. The Waters of Purity 57 PART 2 The Substance Belongs to Christ: Baptism in the New Testament 5. Christ, the Model of Baptism 77 6. Christ, the Source of Baptism 93 7. Baptism "in the Name" 109 8. Dying and Rising with Christ 125 9. Being Clothed with Christ 141 10. Baptism and New Birth 157 11. Baptismal Purity 171 12. Baptismal Unity 187
"In this addition to the Catholic Biblical Theology of the Sacraments series, a top Catholic New Testament scholar offers a biblical theology of the initiatory rite of baptism rooted in the Old and New Testaments"--