Jon D. Levenson

Creation and the Persistence of Evil (eBook, ePUB)

The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperOne
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062319883
• Artikelnr.: 39546742

Autorenporträt

Jon D. Levenson is Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School.