{"product_id":"loa-on-the-baptism-a","title":"Om dåben A","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does a broken text reveal about water, faith, and the search for salvation?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the Baptism A is a short, damaged teaching on baptism from the Nag Hammadi library. Its author is unknown. Scholars connect it with the Valentinian school, a Christian movement that links salvation with knowledge: a deep recognition of who a person is and where they come from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe text survives in Coptic in a fourth-century papyrus codex found in Egypt. Alongside a Valentinian Exposition and companion pieces on anointing and the Eucharist, it offers a glimpse of a community's religious life. Read it to explore how this school understands baptism, while keeping the fragment's gaps and limits in view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWater and spiritual meaning\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore baptism through a brief teaching concerned with what the rite means for a believer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Valentinian perspective\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter a Christian school that connects salvation with knowledge of the self and its origins.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA fragment's limits\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a short, broken text rather than a long argument with every step intact.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA wider ritual setting\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider baptism beside the companion teachings on anointing and the Eucharist in the same codex.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBeyond the biblical canon\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore a teaching outside Christian scripture, associated with a school opposed by some church leaders.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers curious about early Christian understandings of baptism and students of the Nag Hammadi books who welcome a brief, incomplete text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and encounter this small surviving piece of early Christian thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":58111228150108,"sku":"LOA-129-EB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":58111228182876,"sku":"LOA-129-AU","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58113781563740,"sku":"LOA-129-PB","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/loa-forbidden-00129-en-r1.jpg?v=1793059324","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/da\/products\/loa-on-the-baptism-a","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}