Preface --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; 1. An early text --; 2. Baptism as a rite --; 1. The baptism of John --; 1.1. John the Baptist and his baptism --; 1.2. The interpretation of John's baptism in the Gospels --; 1.3. The baptism of Jesus --; 2. The origin of Christian baptism --; 3. 'Into the name of the Lord Jesus' --; 3.1. The formula --; 3.2. The meaning of the formula --; 4. Paul --; 4.1. Introduction --; 4.2. Gal 3.26f --; 4.3. 1 Cor 1.12-17 --; 4.4. 1 Cor 6.11 --; 4.5. 1 Cor 12.13 --; 4.6. Rom 6.1-14 --; 4.7. The primitive motifs. 5. Before Paul, and not only Paul: Material in the Pauline letters representing the views of other theologians --; 6. The school of Paul --; 6.1. The Letter to the Colossians --; 6.2. The Letter to the Ephesians --; 6.3. The Pastoral Letters --; 7. The First Letter of Peter --; 8. The Letter to the Hebrews --; 9. The Acts of the Apostles --; 9.1. Introduction --; 9.2. Baptism on the day of Pentecost --; 9.3. The Cornelius story --; 9.4. Spirit and baptism in the Samaria mission --; 9.5. The case of the 'disciples' at Ephesus --; 9.6. Traces of ritual details? --; 9.7. The primitive motifs. 10. The Gospel of Matthew --; 11. The Gospel of John --; 12. Mark 16.9-20 --; 13. At the end of the road through the New Testament --; 13.1. Looking back --; 13.2. Onward? --; 14. Baptism in the Didache and in the Shepherd of Hermas --; 14.1. Didache --; 14.2. The Shepherd of Hermas --; Bibliography --; Index of ancient references --; Index of modern authors.
A comprehensive examination of all the passages in the New Testament, together with key documents from the apostolic Fathers, which allude to baptism.