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| '''Two Powers in Heaven''' (1977) is a book by [[Alan F. Segal]].
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| ==Abstract==
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| As the title suggests, Segal here explores the rabbinic heretics who believed in “two powers in heavens.” Using rabbinic and extra-rabbinic sources, he argues that the heresy originated in early biblical theophanies that pictured God as a man, such as Daniel 7:9, or confused YHWH with an angel. Later, he highlights how this heresy and the polemics leveled against it informed later rabbinic understandings of Christianity. Christians, like the rabbinic heretics who believed in “two powers in heaven,” also believed in two deities, God the Father and Christ the Logos. Consequently, the Rabbis deemed Christians not to be monotheists, leading to the split between the religions. An intriguing exploration in the history of religious developments, Segal's work also highlights the relationship between this belief system and later Jewish-Christian-Gnostic polemic. – '''Deborah Forger''', University of Michigan
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| ==Editions and translations==
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| Published in Leiden: Brill, 1977.
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| ==Table of Contents==
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| Table of Contents
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| Preface
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| List of Abbreviations
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| *Part One: Introduction
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| *Part Two: The Early Rabbinic Evidence
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| *Part Tree: The Extra Rabbinic Evidence and Conclusions | |
| Bibliography
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| Indices
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| ==External Links==
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| [[Category:1977| Segal]]
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| [[Category:Messiah (subject)|1977 Segal]]
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