Abstract
Within the overall framework that pits the early Christian movement against its Jewish context, Christian theologians have, on the one hand, emphasized both the distinctiveness of Jesus' understanding of God and the discontinuity between Jesus and Judaism on precisely this point. The Scriptures of the Old Testament provide the substance of Jesus' understanding of God. The Gospel of John, focused so sharply on the identity of Jesus in relationship to God, contains little of the synoptic material on matters such as God's mercy, justice, righteousness, holiness, and forgiveness, themes which play an important role in the Old Testament and later Jewish thought. Jesus' teaching about God as Father undoubtedly reflected the way in which he perceived God's fatherly care for Israel, but it also contained within it the promise that God would now welcome Israel as a father welcomes his children home. Keywords:early Judaism; God as Father; Gospel of John; Israel; Jesus; Old Testament; Scripture
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