Midrash, Theology, and History:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Midrash, Theology, and History: "
Adiel Schremer

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1074745
Doc. No	:	LA118374
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157006308X245973‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Adiel Schremer
Title & Author	:	Midrash, Theology, and History: [Article] : Two Powers in Heaven Revisited\ Adiel Schremer
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2008
Volume/ Issue Number	:	39/2
Page No	:	230–254
Abstract	:	"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."
Descriptor	:	CHRISTIANITY
Descriptor	:	GNOSTICISM
Descriptor	:	HERESY
Descriptor	:	MINUT
Descriptor	:	TANNAITIC MIDRASH
Descriptor	:	TWO POWERS IN HEAVEN
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157006308X245973‬