Creation and the Persistence of Evil The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence

Name: Creation and the Persistence of Evil The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence
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ISBN: 9780691029504

ISBN-10: 0691029504

ISBN-13: 9780691029504

Edition: 1995

Authors: Jon D. Levenson

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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.

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 12/19/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.43" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Jon D. Levenson is the Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard University. His many books include "Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel: The Ultimate Victory of the God of Life", which won the National Jewish Book Award, and "Creation and the Persistence of Evil" (Princeton).



Abbreviations


Acknowledgments


Note on the Text (1994)


Preface (1994)


Preface



The Mastery of God and the Vulnerability Of Order



The Basic Idea of Israelite Religion?



The Survival of Chaos After the Victory of God



The Futurity and Presence of the Cosmogonic Victory



Conclusion: The Vitality of Evil and the Fragility of Creation



The Alternation of Chaos and Ordergenesis 1:1-2:3



Creation Without Opposition: Psalm 104



Creation in Seven Days



Cosmos and Microcosm



Rest and Re-Creation



Conclusion: Chaos Neutralized in Cult



Creation and Covenant: The Dynamics of Lordship and Submission



The Two Idioms of Biblical Monotheism



The Dialectic of Covenantal Theonomy



Argument and Obedience


Notes


Scripture Index


Author Index