God. His choice of the title abba, taken from intimate family life, to describe a religious experience is without comparison. That a word foreign to the text is still retained is a credit to its importance. Such value was accorded abba. Texts recorded the unique fashion in which Jesus addressed God and the invitation to followers to enter this new and remarkable relationship. We have before us a proposal from scripture: Jesus experienced a radically new relationship and was compelled to find a new
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