"This paper seeks to re-contextualize and re-interpret the earliest rabbinic polemic against the concept of "Two Powers in Heaven." In contrast to previous interpretations that view that polemic as aimed at rejecting Christian or Gnostic concepts, the present paper suggests that Two Powers was conceived by Tannaitic sources as an expression of existential giving up on God, which stemmed from His inability to demonstrate His power, as was exposed in the military defeat of the Jews in their wars against the Roman Empire. This paper seeks to re-contextualize and re-interpret the earliest rabbinic polemic against the concept of "Two Powers in Heaven." In contrast to previous interpretations that view that polemic as aimed at rejecting Christian or Gnostic concepts, the present paper suggests that Two Powers was conceived by Tannaitic sources as an expression of existential giving up on God, which stemmed from His inability to demonstrate His power, as was exposed in the military defeat of the Jews in their wars against the Roman Empire."
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2008
توصيف ظاهري
230-254
عنوان
Journal for the Study of Judaism
شماره جلد
39/2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1570-0631
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
CHRISTIANITY
اصطلاح موضوعی
GNOSTICISM
اصطلاح موضوعی
HERESY
اصطلاح موضوعی
MINUT
اصطلاح موضوعی
TANNAITIC MIDRASH
اصطلاح موضوعی
TWO POWERS IN HEAVEN
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )