Sinai and Zion
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.
Country | USA |
Brand | Princeton University Press |
Manufacturer | Princeton University Press |
Binding | Paperback |
ReleaseDate | 1994-12-19 |
UnitCount | 1 |
EANs | 9780691029504 |