The only true God : early Christian monotheism in its Jewish context / James F. McGrath.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGrath, James F. (James Frank), 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monotheism.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Monotheism is a powerful religious concept shaped by competing ideas and the problems they raised. Surveying New Testament writings and Jewish sources from before and after the rise of Christianity, James F. McGrath argues that even the most developed Christologies in the New Testament fit within the context of first century Jewish monotheism. McGrath pinpoints when the parting of ways took place over the issue of God's oneness, and explores philosophical ideas such as "creation out of nothing" which caused Jews and Christians to develop differing concepts and definitions about God.

Contents:

Monotheism and method : an introduction to the study of early Jewish and Christian thought about God

Worship and the question of Jewish monothesim [sic] in the Greco-Roman era

Monotheism and the letters attributed to Paul

Monotheism and the Gospel of John

Monotheism and worship in the Book of Revelation

Two powers heresy : rethinking (and redating) the parting of ways between Jewish and Christian monotheism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-148) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613895394

9781283582940

1283582945

9780252091896

0252091892

OCLC:

811409554