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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780252091896
  • 0252091892
  • 1283582945
  • 9781283582940
  • 9786613895394
  • 6613895393
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: The only true GodDDC classification:
  • 231.09/015 22
LOC classification:
  • BL221
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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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.
Summary: Monotheism, the idea that there is only one true God, is a powerful religious concept that was 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." In doing so, he pinpoints more precisely when the parting of ways took place over the issue of God's oneness, and he explores philosophical ideas such as "creation out of nothing," which caused Jews and Christians to develop differing concepts and definitions about God.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)569703

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.

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

Description based on print version record.

Monotheism, the idea that there is only one true God, is a powerful religious concept that was 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." In doing so, he pinpoints more precisely when the parting of ways took place over the issue of God's oneness, and he explores philosophical ideas such as "creation out of nothing," which caused Jews and Christians to develop differing concepts and definitions about God.

English.