The Priest's New Clothes: Exploring Zechariah 3:1-7 and Paul's Doctrine of Baptism
Paul's imagery of baptism as "putting off" the old man, "putting on" the new man, and being "clothed" in Christ seems to allude to Zech 3:1-7, where Joshua the high priest is re-clothed by Yahweh into clean garments. While Paul does not quote Zechariah directly, hi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Stone-Campbell journal
Year: 2023, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 237-248 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality HA Bible NBP Sacramentology; sacraments |
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| Summary: | Paul's imagery of baptism as "putting off" the old man, "putting on" the new man, and being "clothed" in Christ seems to allude to Zech 3:1-7, where Joshua the high priest is re-clothed by Yahweh into clean garments. While Paul does not quote Zechariah directly, his teaching has linguistic and thematic parallels which echo Zechariah's vision by describing baptism as a re-clothing occasion. The baptismal imagery is enhanced as it seems to echo further back to the priest- ly garments of Exodus 28, suggesting Paul’s metaphor is an "echo of an echo." |
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| ISSN: | 1097-6566 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Stone-Campbell journal
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