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"In this study of the rabbinic heretics who believed in ""Two powers in heaven"", Alan Segal explores some relationships between rabbinic Judaism, Merkabah mysticism, and early Christianity. ""Two powers in heaven"" was a very early category of heresy. It was one of the basic categories by which the rabbis perceived the new phenomenon of Christianity and one of the central issues over which Judaism and Christianity separated. Segal reconstructs the development of the heresy through dating of the stages of the rabbinic traditions. The basic heresy involved interpreting scripture to say that a principal angelic or hypostatic manifestation in heaven was equivalent to God. The earliest heretics believed in two complementary powers in heaven, while later heretics believed in two opposing powers in heaven. Segal stresses the importance of perceiving the relevance of rabbinic material for solving traditional problems of New Testament and gnostic scholarship, and at the same time maintains the necessity of reading those literatures for dating rabbinic material."

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Author:   Segal
Publisher:   Brill Academic Publishers,US
Imprint:   Brill Academic Publishers,US
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9780391041721

ISBN 10:   039104172
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   01 August 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Alan Segal is Professor of Religion at Barnard College, Columbia University.

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