The Great Angel: A Study of Israel's Second God
In this groundbreaking book, Barker claims that pre-Christian Judaism was not monotheistic and that the roots of Christian Trinitarian theology lie in a pre-Christian Palestinian belief about angels derived from the ancient religion of Israel. Barker's beliefs are based on canonical and deutero-canonical works and literature from Qumran and rabbinic sources.\ \ In this groundbreaking book, Barker claims that pre-Christian Judaism was not monotheistic and that the roots...
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PrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction1Ch. 1The Son of God4Ch. 2The Evidence of the Exile12Ch. 3The Evidence of the Old Testament28Ch. 4The Evidence of Wisdom48Ch. 5The Evidence of the Angels70Ch. 6The Evidence of the Name97Ch. 7The Evidence of Philo114Ch. 8The Evidence of the Jewish Writers134Ch. 9The Evidence of the Gnostics162Ch. 10The Evidence of the First Christians190Ch. 11The Evidence of the New Testament213Bibliography233Index of Names and Subjects241Index of Primary Sources244
