Baptism on account of the dead (1 Cor:15-29); an act of faith in the resurrection.9781589831773 Baptism on account of the dead (1 Cor:15-29); an act of faith in the resurrection. Hull, Michael F. Society of Biblical Literature The Society of Biblical Literature is a constituent society of the American Council of Learned Societies with the stated mission to "Foster Biblical Scholarship". Membership is open to the public, including 7200 individuals from over 80 countries. 2005 327 pages $42.95 Paperback Society of Biblical Literature Academia Biblica; no.22 BS2675 Revising his 2003 doctoral dissertation at the Pontifical Gregorian University History St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), with financial patronage from Cardinal St. Francis Borgia founded a "school of grammar, humanity, and Christian doctrine" on February 18, 1551 in a house at the base of the Capitoline Hill. , Hull focuses his attention on one reference from the early church to baptism and its connection to eternal life. Some read Paul talking in an extraordinary way about ordinary baptism, but others read evidence that vicarious vicarious /vi·car·i·ous/ (vi-kar´e-us) 1. acting in the place of another or of something else. 2. occurring at an abnormal site. vi·car·i·ous adj. 1. or proxy baptism was being, or had been, practiced, and of those, all but the Latter-Day Saints consider it an anomaly or even an aberration. He reviews and assesses contemporary readings and readings in literary and historical context, then offers his own views. Brill publishes the hardbound hard·bound adj. & n. Hardcover. Adj. 1. hardbound - having a hard back or cover; "hardback books" hardback, hardbacked, hardcover backed - having a back or backing, usually of a specified type edition; Society of Biblical Literature publishes the paperbound pa·per·bound adj. Bound in paper; paperback. edition. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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