Book Excerpt: Chapter Five

The Digital Commons at Butler University obtained permission to share an excerpt from my recent book The Only True God: Early Christian Monotheism in Its Jewish Context. It is chapter 5, which is on worship, Christology and monotheism in the Book of Revelation.

Review of Bauckham's Jesus and the God of Israel

I've posted a review of Richard Bauckham's book Jesus and the God of Israel on my main blog, Exploring Our Matrix. In it, a number of the differences between my own viewpoint and that of Bauckham are highlighted and discussed.

The Only True God at Antiquitopia

Jared Calaway has finished reading The Only True God and has posted his initial impressions - in particular highlighting the contrasts with Richard Bauckham's treatment of Christology and Jewish monotheism - on his blog Antiquitopia.

Antiquitopia: First Impressions

Jared Calaway at Antiquitopia will be blogging about The Only True God in greater detail in the near future, but he's already offered a first impression of the book.

Pre-Order Discount - Time Is Running Out

While the estimate that The Only True God: Early Christian Monotheism in Its Jewish Context will be available in July has vanished from the publisher's catalogue, Amazon.com now lists the date as May 26th! There may only be a few more days to benefit from the pre-order discount Amazon is offering of 33% off.

It has been good to see interest in the book's subject matter staying alive in the blogosphere. April DeConick recently turned her blog's attention to the angel of the divine name. Jared Calaway blogged about God as the God of the Gods (and who the gods are of whom god is the god). Nick Norelli has reviewed books by Richard Bauckham and Larry Hurtado on monotheism and Christology. Christology and the Gospels came in as number 6 on Michael Bird's list of the next big things in New Testament studies, although I will be honest, I find Simon Gathercole's arguments for a "high" Christology in the Synoptics underwhelming. Mike Koke discussed monotheism and Christology in the context of the "parting of the ways". Bryan Bibb blogged about teaching the Shema in Hebrew.