01552cam a22002654a 450000100090000000300060000900500170001500800410003201000170007302000490009002000460013903500230018503500200020804000180022805000250024608200220027110000300029324500870032326000510041030000210046150400640048250506250054665000320117185600830120314758971AUA.120131008204610.0070306s2007    txu      b    001 0 eng    a  2007009701  a9781602580046 (cloth/hardcover : alk. paper)  a1602580049 (cloth/hardcover : alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocm86038151  a(OCoLC)86038151  aDLCcDLCdDLC00aBS2545.B36bW58 200700a234/.161090152221 aWitherington, Ben,d1951-10aTroubled waters :bthe rethinking the theology of baptism /cBen Witherington III.  aWaco, Tex. :bBaylor University Press,cc2007.  a153 p. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 137-146) and index.0 aGetting our feet wet: the antecedents of Christian baptism outside the New Testament -- John's baptism-totally immersed in his work: pre-Christian initiations in the New Testament and pre-sacramental texts -- Parting the waters: the beginnings of water baptism as a Christian rite: the Acts of the Apostles -- Trial by water ordeal: Paul and burial with Christ -- Breaking the waters of birth: water baptism in the Johannine literature? -- Down in the flood: baptism in Hebrews and 1 Peter -- A rite of passage: a theology of water baptism in the New Testament -- Postscript: Coming up for air: where do we go from here? 0aBaptismxBiblical teaching.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007009701.html