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

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Harper Collins, 2013. okt. 1. - 220 oldal

This paperback edition of Creation and the Persistence of Evil 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. Classic doctrines of God's creation of the universe from the void do not do justice to the complexity of that hard-fought battle, which is uncertain in its outcome. Levenson traces this more flexible conception of God to the earliest Hebrew sources. He argues 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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Dedication
THE MASTERY OF GOD AND THE VULNERABILITY OF ORDER
The Futurity and Presence of the Cosmogonic Victory
The Vitality of Evil and the Fragility of Creation
Creation in Seven Days
Rest and ReCreation
Chaos Neutralized in Cult
The Dialectic of Covenantal Theonomy
Notes

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Jon D. Levenson is Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard University, the author of Creation and the Persistence of Evil, and associate editor of Harper's Bible commentary.

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