Traditional Conflict Management: How Early Interpreters Address Paul’s Reference to Those Baptized for the Dead (1 Corinthians 15:29)

Modern scholars often understand 1 Cor 15:29 as a clear reference to the baptism of living individuals as proxies for the departed. Yet before or at the time of 1 Corinthians, there appears to be no evidence for this practice or a similar one. A reasonable explanation for its emergence, therefore, i...

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Main Author: Stark, J. David (Author)
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 6
Further subjects:B Cerinthus
B Baptism
B Proxy
B Dead
B Epiphanius
B 1 Corinthians
B Tertullian
B Marcion
B Chrysostom
B Eznik of Kołb
B Didymus
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