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In his study of Judaic Baptism, James W. Dale quotes Jewish War, 3.7, where Josephus speaks of a city being, in Dale's translation, "overmersed" (epibaptizo). Dale comments, "It is intolerable to suppose that a city is figured, through the departure of an individual [in this case, Josephus himself] as dipped into water, immersed in the sea, overwhelmed by a flood, or sunk in the ocean."
Really? It seems perfectly consistent with biblical imagery to suggest a city overrun by enemies as a "flooded" city, and particularly when the city is Jewish and the enemies part of the "sea of Gentiles."
posted by Peter J. Leithart on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 12:30 PM
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