Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Jewish Scholars Who Argue For "Two Powers" in Pre-Christian Jewish Tradition


The following resources linked below are by Jewish scholars Daniel Boyarin and Alan F. Segal. Neither believe Jesus is the Jewish Messiah. Nevertheless they documents the fact that there were many (not all) Jews before, during and after the time of Jesus who believed in at least two persons who were Divine according to the Hebrew Scriptures.

The Gospel of the Memra: Jewish Binitarianism and the Prologue to John by Daniel Boyarin
[or HERE]


TWO POWERS IN HEAVEN Early Rabbinic Reports about Christianity and Gnosticism by Alan F. Segal
[I recommend the PDF version]









See also the following resources by Jewish believers in Jesus as Messiah

Christian William Henry Pauli's classic book, The Great Mystery; or, How Can Three Be One?

Arnold Fruchtenbaum's The Jewish Life of Christ; Twenty One (21) mp3 Lectures

Michael L. Brown's Answering Your Toughest Questions; (32 videos) introductory lectures