Baptism in the Holy Spirit

by Dunn, James D. G.

• ISBN13: 9780334043881
• ISBN10: 0334043883
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-31
• Publisher: Scm Pr

Summary

Baptism in the Holy Spirit is one of James Dunn's most influential books and has become a classic. Forty years after its original publication it still sparks debate and appears on many Reading lists. In an extensive Preface to this fortieth anniversary edition, James Dunn engages with the debates about the book since it was first published. In Baptism in the Holy Spirit James Dunn argues that water baptism is only one element in the New Testament pattern of conversion and initiation. The gift of the Spirit, he believes, is the central element. For the writers of the New Testament only those who had received the Holy Spirit could be called Christians. For them, the reception of the Spirit was a very definite and often very dramatic experience - the decisive and climactic experience in conversion-initiation - to which Christians were usually recalled when reminded of their Christian faith and experience. James Dunn uncovers the place of the gift of the Holy Spirit in the total complex event of becoming a Christian.

Author Biography

James D. G. Dunn Was Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the University of Durham. He is the author of numerous best-selling books and acknowledged as one of the world's leading experts on New Testament study.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. vii
Preface to the First Edition	p. xix
Abbreviations	p. xx
Introduction	p. 1
The Expectation of John the Baptist	p. 8
The Experience of Jesus at Jordan	p. 23
The Miracle of Pentecost	p. 38
The Riddle of Samaria	p. 55
The Conversion of Paul	p. 73
The Conversion of Cornelius	p. 79
The 'Disciples' at Ephesus	p. 83
Conversion-initiation in the Acts of the Apostles	p. 90
The Early Paulines	p. 103
The Corinthian Letters	p. 116
The Letter to Rome	p. 139
The Later Paulines	p. 152
The Johannine Pentecost?	p. 173
The Spirit and Baptism in John's Gospel	p. 183
The Spirit and the Word in the Letters of John	p. 195
The Spirit and Baptism in Hebrews	p. 205
Conversion-initiation in Peter	p. 215
Conclusion	p. 224
Index of Modern Authors and Works	p. 230
Index of Biblical References	p. 237
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