CONTENTSAbbreviations xi
List of Contributors xv
STANLEY E. PORTER AND ANTHONY R. CROSS
Introduction: Baptism—An Ongoing Debate 1PARTI
Baptism in the New TestamentHOWARD MARSHALL
The Meaning of the Verb 'Baptize' 8
BRUCE CHILTON
John the Baptist: His Immersion and his Death 25
CRAIG A. EVANS
The Baptism of John in a Typological Context 45
JOELB. GREEN
'She and her household were baptized' (Acts 16.15):
Household Baptism in the Acts of the Apostles 72STANLEY E. PORTER
Did Paul Baptize Himself?
A Problem of the Greek Voice System 91HAZEL SHERMAN
'Getting in and Staying in': Unexpected Connections between
E.P. Sanders on Paul and Expections of Baptism Today 110ANTHONY R. CROSS
Spirit- and Water-Baptism in 1 Corinthians 12.13 120