Two Powers in Heaven

Understanding the ancient Israelite context for first century Judaism’s binitarian monotheism and the Christian Godhead

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Making Room in the Godhead for Metatron

Here’s a link to an interesting article about Metatron as a member of the Jewish godhead (viewed as heretical, of course):

Daniel Abrams, “The Boundaries of Divine Ontology: The Inclusion of Metatron in the Godhead,” HTR 87:3 (1994): 291-321

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Recent Two Powers in Heaven Article

This article just appeared:

Adiel Schremer, “Midrash, theology, and history: two powers in heaven revisited,” Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period, 39 no 2 (2008): 230-254.

If you are a student or faculty (or have a college or university library card) your library should enable you to get this article in PDF.  Some public libraries also give access to the ATLA Religion database or JSTOR, through which you can get this. I haven’t read it yet, but I will be downloading it soon.

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