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

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.

Author: Jon D. Levenson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 12/19/1994
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.50w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780691029504

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