Only True God

James F. McGrath is Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University. He is the author of John's Apologetic Christology: Legitimation and Development in Johannine Christology and The Burial of Jesus: History and Faith.

"Sheds new light on the date and reasons for the division between Jewish and Christian monotheism. . . . Recommended."--Choice "An important corrective to the view that tends to interpret New Testament Christology in terms of Nicaea and later developments, thereby missing the Jewish intertextual and hermeneutical keys to interpreting many New Testament texts."--Review of Biblical Literature"Provocative and valuable."--Journal of Ecumenical Studies

• Preface   vii1. Monotheism and Method: An Introduction to the Study of Early Jewish and Christian Thought about God   12. Worship and the Question of Jewish Monotheism in the Greco-Roman Era   233. Monotheism and the Letters Attributed to Paul   384. Monotheism and the Gospel of John   555. Monotheism and Worship in the Book of Revelation   716. Two Powers Heresy: Rethinking (and Redating) the Parting of Ways between Jewish and Christian Monotheism   81Conclusion   97Notes   105Bibliography   131Index of Modern Authors   149Index of Subjects   152Index of Ancient Sources   154