Washing in Water: Trajectories of Ritual Bathing in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Literature (Society of Biblical Literature Academia Biblica)

By Jonathan David Lawrence and Lawrence

Book Overview

Although most scholars recognize that Christian baptism is related to Jewish ritual bathing, many assume that Christians transformed and rejected Jewish bathing practices. To correct this overly... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589831993
• ISBN13: 9781589831995
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.5"