TY - BOOK AU - McGrath,James F. TI - The only true God: early Christian monotheism in its Jewish context AV - BL221 U1 - 231.09/015 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Monotheism KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Christianity and other religions KW - Judaism KW - Relations KW - Christianity KW - Monothéisme KW - Église KW - Histoire KW - ca 30-600 (Église primitive) KW - Christianisme KW - Judaïsme KW - monotheism KW - aat KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Theology KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - History KW - fast KW - Primitive and early church KW - Interfaith relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-148) and indexes; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=569703 ER -