Creation and the Persistence of Evil - by Jon D Levenson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A doctrine of <i>creatio ex nihilo</i> and a perception of creation as essentially <i>a fait accompli</i> `in the beginning' have stripped much of the drama from the views of creation found in the Hebrew Bible. Levenson seeks--with impressive success--to restore that drama. He provides, thereby, a reflective biblical foundation, based in solid philological and comparative study.<b>---Lee Humphreys, <i>Hebrew Studies</i></b><br><br>This masterful biblical and rabbinic study of creation and evil may challenge Christian proponents of creation theology and spirituality and adherents of the doctrine of <i>creatio ex nihilo</i>.<b>---John C. Endres, S.J., <i>Theological Studies</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Jon D. Levenson</b> is Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School.
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