{"product_id":"baptism-in-the-new-testament-9780802814937","title":"Baptism in the New Testament","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.  In this thorough and well-documented study of the sacrament of Holy Baptism  G. R. Beasley-Murray presents a critical defense of the doctrine of believers baptism on the basis of the New Testament evidences. The author  one of the leading New Testament scholars in England  is himself a Baptist; but his discussion transcends denominational lines. Beasley-Murray begins by discussing various rites that precede Christian baptism historically  and 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  the author 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.  In his consideration of the doctrine of Christian baptism as articulated in the New Testament  Beasley-Murray focuses his attention on the necessity of baptism and its relationship to grace  faith  the Spirit  the church  ethics  and hope. A careful examination of the rise and significance of infant baptism follows  and the study concludes with a selected bibliography and several indices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651748356149,"sku":"ByrdShop_080281493X","price":29.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780802814937.jpg?v=1781839222","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/baptism-in-the-new-testament-9780802814937","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}