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

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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. 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