Where did baptism come from? A Jewish man called Yochanan was baptising people in the Jordan River in first century Israel, including his cousin who would later become world famous: …

Baptism was practised in ancient (Ḥasidic or Essene) Judaism, first as a means of penitence, as is learned from the story of Adam and Eve, who, in order to atone for their sin, stood up to the …

Although the term "baptism" is not used to describe the Jewish rituals, the purification rites in Halakha, Jewish law and tradition, called tvilah, have some similarity to baptism, and the two …

Now, however, archaeology has provided us with numerous examples of Jewish ritual immersion baths, called miqva’ot (singular, miqveh), dating to the late Second Temple period, prior to and …

May 6, 2009 · Breaking with much of Jewish Custom in the 2nd Temple Period (539 BC-70 AD), John's baptism was for all sinners and Christ's commission of his disciples sought to …

Stephen addresses these issues in his paper, which examines baptism and its institutional role in ancient Israel, early Christianity, and the innovative Jewish practices in Qumran.

Jewish proselyte baptism The baptism of proselytes to Judaism is not required in the OT, but developed during the intertestament period. This practice is not specifically attested before …

This article examines these issues in the context of ritual praxis and ritual theory and suggests that the account found in Luke follows the Jewish ritual of full immersion with no attending …

Mikveh: The Relationship of Jewish Ritual Immersion and Christian Baptism. Barry D. Fike, Pepperdine University. Description. Most Christians understand baptism as an undeniable …

The appeal to Jewish custom is generally regarded as affording one of the strongest arguments in favour of the theory that the Apostolic and Early Church administered baptism by submersion.