Part of what I want to do on this blog is expose readers to the Jewish Two Powers material. Here’s an interesting paper by Dr. Andrei Orlov.
Archive for December, 2008
Someone Worth Reading on Jewish Binitarian Monotheism
I refer to Dr. Larry Hurtado, whose books I have mentioned before. Here’s a link to an old article on first century (CE/AD) Jewish monotheism by Hurtado (he is now teaching at the University of Edinburgh). Larry and I have some disagreements. For example, I think he defines worship too narrowly, and his approach of defining deification by that narrow understanding isn’t the right track to proceed on with respect to binitarianism. At any rate, he is always worth reading and I recommend him to you.
Back from Conferences; Reviving the TWO POWERS blog
Well, I’m back, and as promised, here is the paper I read at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. The paper is entitled, “The Concept of a Godhead in Israelite Religion,” and is written in a somewhat conversational style. It is also geared a bit to a Christian audience (hence the few references early to a Trinity). I plan to create two articles from this: one for a Christian academic audience, the other for a broader audience. Have a look and let me know if there’s something that’s hard to follow. I didn’t do much in the way of footnotes; I’ll be adding that sort of thing as I revise for publication.
