Creation and the Persistence of Evil
The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence (Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology)
Jon D. Levenson
ISBN: | 9780691029504 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
Published: | 30 November, 1994 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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Creation and the Persistence of Evil
The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence (Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology)
Jon D. Levenson
This paperback edition brings to a wide audience one of the most innovative and meaningful models of God for this post-Auschwitz era. In a thought-provoking return to the original Hebrew conception of God, which questions accepted conceptions of divine omnipotence, Jon Levenson defines God's authorship of the world as a consequence of his victory in his struggle with evil. He traces a flexible conception of God to the earliest Hebrew sources, arguing, for example, that Genesis 1 does not describe the banishment of evil but the attempt to contain the menace of evil in the world, a struggle that continues today.This paperback edition brings to a wide audience one of the most innovative and meaningful models of God for this post-Auschwitz era. In a thought-provoking return to the original Hebrew conception of God, which questions accepted conceptions of divine omnipotence, Jon Levenson defines God's authorship of the world as a consequence of his victory in his struggle with evil. He traces a flexible conception of God to the earliest Hebrew sources, arguing, for example, that Genesis 1 does not describe the banishment of evil but the attempt to contain the menace of evil in the world, a struggle that continues today.
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