Dimensions of Baptism Biblical and Theological Studies

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J. RAMSEY MICHAELS

By Water and Blood: Sin and Purification in John and First John 149

ANTHONY R. CROSS

The Meaning of 'Baptisms' in Hebrews 6.2 163

PART 2 Baptism in the Early Church

DAVID F. WRIGHT

Out, In, Out: Jesus' Blessing of the Children and Infant Baptism 188

EVERETT FERGUSON

Christian and Jewish Baptism according to the Epistle of Barnabas 207

EVERETT FERGUSON

The Doctrine of Baptism in Gregory of Nyssa's Oratio Catechetica 224

PART 3 Baptism in Contemporary Theology

ROY KEARSLEY

Baptism Then and Now: Does Moltmann Bury TertuUian or Praise Him? 236

STEPHEN R. HOLMES Baptism: Patristic Resources for Ecumenical Dialogue 253

GRAHAM WATTS

Baptism and the Hiddenness of God 268

PAUL S. FIDDES

Baptism and the Process of Christian Initiation 280

PHILIP E. THOMPSON

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