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Title: No study on baptism is complete without this book.
Review: This book is well worth the money. Dale examines the use of the Greek words "bapto" and "baptidzo". This is not a study of any biblical text but of how the word was used in Classic Greek. Dale will develope theological implications of the words and religious practice in subseuent volumes. This is a starting point. He shows there is no inherent religious association with the words as to their use or mode. No investigation on the subject of baptism is complete without this study. Be prepared, the book is full of sarcasm when arguments for the traditional definition of baptism (that it only means to dip or immerse) are pulled apart. The sarcasm is a little too thick at times but in most cases is quite humorous.
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