Felix Albrecht is resident scholar of the Septuaginta-Unternehmen of the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Göttingen and lecturer at the University of Göttingen. He is head of the international research project PALAMEDES (PALimpsestorum Aetatis Mediae EDitiones Et Studia).Reinhard Feldmeier is Professor of New Testament in Göttingen and Member of the Academy of Sciences and Humanties in Göttingen. He has published monographs, editions and many articles, including God of the Living. A Biblical Theology (Baylor University Press, 2011).

"The succinct way each essay summarizes the author’s conclusions, and how they were led to them, is superb. If you seek an introduction to this topic which is brief, yet still scholarly and packed with expertise, this is the book to purchase."Kris Wray, Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies 2 (2017) 'On ne peut que féliciter les contributeurs.'Paul-Marie Fidèle Chango, Revue Biblique

• Reinhard Feldmeier: Introduction I. Pagan Religions Alexandra von Lieven: Father of the Fathers, Mother of the Mothers. God as Father (and Mother) in Ancient Egypt Heinz-Günther Nesselrath: “Vater Zeus” im griechischen Epos Franco Ferrari: Gott als Vater und als Schöpfer. Zur Rezeption von Timaios 28c3-5 bei einigen Platonikern II. Hebrew Bible and Ancient JudaismHermann Spieckermann: The “Father” of the Old Testament and Its History Jacques van Ruiten: Divine Sonship in the Book of Jubilees Lutz Doering: God as Father in Texts from Qumran Robert Hayward: God as Father in the Pentateuchal Targumim Beatrice Wyss: “Vater Gott und seine Kinder und Frauen”Mladen Popović: God the Father in Flavius Josephus IV. New Testament Florian Wilk: “Vater …” – Zur Bedeutung der Anrede Gottes als Vater in den Gebeten der Jesusüberlieferung Ross Wagner: Is God the Father of Jews only, or also of Gentiles? The Peculiar Shape of Paul’s “Universalism”Reinhard Feldmeier: Kyrios Christos und Gottvater. Christi Herrschaft und Gottes Vaterschaft im Philipperhymnus Felix Albrecht: Dominus Deus, Pater Omnipotens. Die göttlichen Verheißungen von 2Kor 6,16-18 George van Kooten: The Divine Father of the Universe from the Presocratics to Celsus: The Graeco-Roman Background to the “Father of All” in Paul’s Letter to the EphesiansJane Heath: God the Father and Other Parents in the New Testament V. Late Antiquity Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta: The Divine Father in the Gospel of Truth (NHC I,3). God as causa efficiens and causa finalisIlinca Tanaseanu-Döbler: Gott als Vater bei Plotin und Porphyrios