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The online University of Illinois Press catalog<\/a> provides the two blurbs from scholars that will appear on the back of my forthcoming book The Only True God: Early Christian Monotheism in Its Jewish Context<\/a>\"\"<\/em>. Here they are:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis work puts forward a compelling thesis, questioning the default assumption that what separated first-century Jews and Christians was the Christian elevation of Jesus of Nazareth to divine status as equal with YHWH. McGrath shows decisively that this was not so, arguing with clarity and force and engaging the relevant bodies of primary and secondary literature with precision. A significant and useful book.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u2014Paul J. Griffiths<\/a>, author of Lying: An Augustinian Theology of Duplicity<\/a>\"\"<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf anyone thinks that the concept and definition of \u2018monotheism\u2019 are clear-cut, they need to read this book. Similarly, if you think that the issue of \u2018early Christian monotheism\u2019 or the question of Jesus\u2019s status within or in relation to \u2018early Christian monotheism\u2019 (as maintained by the writers of the New Testament) can be neatly resolved in straightforward terms, then McGrath will enable you to make a more informed judgment, and hopefully to reach a more mature view.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013James D. G. Dunn, author of Christology in the Making: A New Testament Inquiry Into the Origins of the Doctrine of the Incarnation<\/a>\"\"
<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m grateful to both Jimmy Dunn and Paul Griffiths for their kind words. <\/p>\n

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