The Only True God

The Only True God
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 171
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ISBN-10 : 9780252091896
ISBN-13 : 0252091892
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis The Only True God by : James F. McGrath

Monotheism is a powerful religious concept 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. McGrath pinpoints when the parting of ways took place over the issue of God's oneness, and explores philosophical ideas such as "creation out of nothing" which caused Jews and Christians to develop differing concepts and definitions about God.

Moses and Monotheism

Moses and Monotheism
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Publisher : Leonardo Paolo Lovari
Total Pages : 319
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ISBN-10 : 9788898301799
ISBN-13 : 8898301790
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Moses and Monotheism by : Sigmund Freud

The book consists of three essays and is an extension of Freud’s work on psychoanalytic theory as a means of generating hypotheses about historical events. Freud hypothesizes that Moses was not Hebrew, but actually born into Ancient Egyptian nobility and was probably a follower of Akhenaten, an ancient Egyptian monotheist. Freud contradicts the biblical story of Moses with his own retelling of events, claiming that Moses only led his close followers into freedom during an unstable period in Egyptian history after Akhenaten (ca. 1350 BCE) and that they subsequently killed Moses in rebellion and later combined with another monotheistic tribe in Midian based on a volcanic God, Jahweh. Freud explains that years after the murder of Moses, the rebels regretted their action, thus forming the concept of the Messiah as a hope for the return of Moses as the Saviour of the Israelites. Freud said that the guilt from the murder of Moses is inherited through the generations; this guilt then drives the Jews to religion to make them feel better.

One God, One Lord, New Edition

One God, One Lord, New Edition
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9780567089878
ISBN-13 : 0567089878
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis One God, One Lord, New Edition by : Larry W. Hurtado

The classic and ground-breaking work in Christology, with extensive new introduction, evaluating the most recent developments in current scholarship.

Early Christian and Jewish Monotheism

Early Christian and Jewish Monotheism
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 0567082938
ISBN-13 : 9780567082930
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Early Christian and Jewish Monotheism by : Loren T. Stuckenbruck

Early Christology must focus not simply on "historical" but also on theological ideas found in contemporary Jewish thought and practice. In this book, a range of distinguished contributors considers the context and formation of early Jewish and Christian devotion to God alone—the emergence of "monotheism". The idea of monotheism is critically examined from various perspectives, including the history of ideas, Graeco-Roman religions, early Jewish mediator figures, scripture exegesis, and the history of its use as a theological category. The studies explore different ways of conceiving of early Christian monotheism today, asking whether monotheism is a conceptually useful category, whether it may be applied cautiously and with qualifications, or whether it is to be questioned in favor of different approaches to understanding the origins of Jewish and Christian beliefs and worship. This is volume 1 in the Early Christianity in Context series and volume 263 in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series>

Ancient Jewish Monotheism and Early Christian Jesus-devotion

Ancient Jewish Monotheism and Early Christian Jesus-devotion
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1481307622
ISBN-13 : 9781481307628
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Ancient Jewish Monotheism and Early Christian Jesus-devotion by : Larry W. Hurtado

Quintessential Hurtado, this volume is a necessity for any attempt to understand the diversity of factors at play in the birth of Christianity.

Akhenaten and the Origins of Monotheism

Akhenaten and the Origins of Monotheism
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 9780199792146
ISBN-13 : 0199792143
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Akhenaten and the Origins of Monotheism by : James K. Hoffmeier

Pharaoh Akhenaten, who reigned for seventeen years in the fourteenth century B.C.E, is one of the most intriguing rulers of ancient Egypt. His odd appearance and his preoccupation with worshiping the sun disc Aten have stimulated academic discussion and controversy for more than a century. Despite the numerous books and articles about this enigmatic figure, many questions about Akhenaten and the Atenism religion remain unanswered. In Akhenaten and the Origins of Monotheism, James K. Hoffmeier argues that Akhenaten was not, as is often said, a radical advocating a new religion, but rather a primitivist: that is, one who reaches back to a golden age and emulates it. Akhenaten's inspiration was the Old Kingdom (2650-2400 B.C.E.), when the sun-god Re/Atum ruled as the unrivaled head of the Egyptian pantheon. Hoffmeier finds that Akhenaten was a genuine convert to the worship of Aten, the sole creator God, based on the Pharoah's own testimony of a theophany, a divine encounter that launched his monotheistic religious odyssey. The book also explores the Atenist religion's possible relationship to Israel's religion, offering a close comparison of the hymn to the Aten to Psalm 104, which has been identified by scholars as influenced by the Egyptian hymn. Through a careful reading of key texts, artworks, and archaeological studies, Hoffmeier provides compelling new insights into a religion that predated Moses and Hebrew monotheism, the impact of Atenism on Egyptian religion and politics, and the aftermath of Akhenaten's reign.

One True God

One True God
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 0691115001
ISBN-13 : 9780691115009
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis One True God by : Rodney Stark

Western history would be unrecognizable had it not been for people who believed in One True God. There would have been wars, but no religious wars. There would have been moral codes, but no Commandments. Had the Jews been polytheists, they would today be only another barely remembered people, less important, but just as extinct as the Babylonians. Had Christians presented Jesus to the Greco-Roman world as ''another'' God, their faith would long since have gone the way of Mithraism. And surely Islam would never have made it out of the desert had Muhammad not removed Allah from the context of Arab paganism and proclaimed him as the only God. The three great monotheisms changed everything. With his customary clarity and vigor, Rodney Stark explains how and why monotheism has such immense power both to unite and to divide. Why and how did Jews, Christians, and Muslims missionize, and when and why did their efforts falter? Why did both Christianity and Islam suddenly become less tolerant of Jews late in the eleventh century, prompting outbursts of mass murder? Why were the Jewish massacres by Christians concentrated in the cities along the Rhine River, and why did the pogroms by Muslims take place mainly in Granada? How could the Jews persist so long as a minority faith, able to withstand intense pressures to convert? Why did they sometimes assimilate? In the final chapter, Stark also examines the American experience to show that it is possible for committed monotheists to sustain norms of civility toward one another. A sweeping social history of religion, One True God shows how the great monotheisms shaped the past and created the modern world.

Early Monotheism

Early Monotheism
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Total Pages : 428
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:AH4ARE
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Rating : 4/5 (RE Downloads)

Synopsis Early Monotheism by : Ezra Hall Gillett

The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel

The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 351
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ISBN-10 : 9780521518727
ISBN-13 : 0521518725
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel by : Benjamin D. Sommer

Sommer utilizes a recovered ancient perception of divinity as having more than one body, fluid and unbounded selves.

The Idea of Monotheism

The Idea of Monotheism
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0761870431
ISBN-13 : 9780761870432
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis The Idea of Monotheism by : Jack Shechter

Jack Shechter explores the idea of monotheism as it has evolved over the centuries: the belief in the existence of the One God who fashioned the world and remains involved in it and with humanity and its values.