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It is the premise of Early Jewish and Christian Monotheism that early Christology must focus, not simply on historical, but also on theological ideas found in Jewish thought and practice. The contributors to this book consider the context and formation of early Jewish and Christian devotion to God alone. The idea of monotheism is critically examined from various perspectives, including the...

are about and not to Christ. Not unlike many of the Psalms, they are written in the third person not second. But it is not insignificant that the second half of the Philippian hymn describes an eschatological scene in which all heavenly, earthly and subterranean creatures bow the knee and confess Jesus to be Lord. The language of bowing and confessing, appropriated from the YHWH text of Isa. 45:23 and now applied to Jesus, clearly envisions a day when he will be worshipped by all creatures. If Paul
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