The Priesthood of the Plebs

by Peter J. Leithart

Book Overview

In this seminal treatise, Peter J. Leithart argues that the coming of the New Creation in Jesus Christ has profound and revolutionary implications for social order, implications symbolized and effected in the ritual of baptism. In Christ and Christian baptism, the ancient distinctions between priest and non-priest, between patrician and plebian, are dissolved, giving rise to a new humanity in which there is no Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592444040
• ISBN13: 9781592444045
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"