He immersed himself in Greek philosophy and Christian thought, and he seems to have had a deep familiarity with the Hebrew scriptures. Yet it was precisely this depth of knowledge in both the ancient Jewish religion and the brand-new and not yet unified Christian sect that had so recently arisen from it that caused Marcion such consternation. For no matter how he tried, Marcion could not reconcile the God he encountered in the Hebrew Bible, Yahweh, with the God that Jesus called Father.
