Two Powers In Heaven (early Rabbinic Reports About Christianity And Gnosticism)

By (author) Segal, Alan F.
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In his now classic Two Powers in Heaven, Alan Segal examines rabbinic evidence about early manifestations of the “two powers” heresy within Judaism. An important addition to New Testament and Gnostic scholarship, Two Powers in Heaven is made available once again for a new generation.
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In his now classic Two Powers in Heaven, Alan Segal examines rabbinic evidence about early manifestations of the ""two powers"" heresy within Judaism. Segal sheds light upon the development of and relationships among early Christianity, Gnosticism, and Merkabah mysticism and demonstrates that belief in the ""two powers in heaven"" was widespread by the first century, and may have been a catalyst for the Jewish rejection of early Christianity. An important addition to New Testament and Gnostic scholarship by this much revered scholar, Segal''s Two Powers in Heaven is made available once again for a new generation.
Table of contents:
Preface 1. Don Quixote and the Cross 2. Folly at the Heart of Preaching 3. Theology between Fragment and Form 4. Melting the Solidarity of the World 5. Fooling the World: The Folly of Jesus 6. Laughter and Lament 7. Preaching Fools 8. The Rhetoric of Folly Notes Bibliography
Biographical note:
Alan F. Segal (1945-2011) was Professor of Religion and Ingeborg Rennert Professor of Jewish Studies at Barnard College.