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| Titre : | Creation and the Persistance of Evil : The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence |
| Auteurs : | Jon D. Levenson, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | San Francisco [USA] : Harper & Row, 1988 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-06-254845-0 |
| Format : | xvii + 182 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | CKGe/B (Débats autour du récit de la création ; Genèse 1-11) |
| Résumé : |
"Although it is now generally recognized that creatio ex nihilo, the doctrine that God produced the physical world out of nothing, is not an adequate characterization of creation in the Hebrew Bible, the legacy of this dogmatic or propositional understanding lives on and continues to distort the perceptions of scholars and laypersons alike. In particular, a false finality or definitiveness is ascribed to God's act of creation, and, consequently, the fragility of the created order and its vulnerability to chaos tends to be played down.”
So writes noted scholar and author Jon D Levenson In this thought-provoking return to the original Hebrew conception of God, which calls into question our accepted conceptions of divine omnipotence, 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 battle, which is hard-fought and not at all certain 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 rather the attempt to contain the menace of evil in the world. And the struggle for control goes on today "The absolute sovereignty of the God of Israel is not a simple given in the Hebrew Bible," writes Levenson. "Instead, YHWH's mastery is often seen as fragile, in continual need of reactivation and reassertion, and at times . painfully distant from ordinary experience, a memory and a hope rather than a current reality. It is, in short, a confession of faith.” Although the analyzed texts are the standard biblical and rabbinical sources, the model of God that is developed has vital and widespread meaning in this post-Auschwitz era. Furthermore, the author's careful delineation of the dynamics of divine authority is especially important in an age when all authority is being called into question. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments - Preface PART I - THE MASTERY OF GOD AND THE VULNERABILITY OF ORDER - 1. The Basic Idea of Israelite Religion? - 2. The Survival of Chaos After the Victory of God - 3. The Futurity and Presence of the Cosmogonic Victory - 4. Conclusion: The Vitality of Evil and the Fragility of Creation PART II - THE ALTERNATION OF CHAOS AND ORDERGENESIS 1:1-2:3 - 5. Creation Without Opposition: Psalm 104 - 6. Creation in Seven Days - 7. Cosmos and Microcosm - 8. Rest and Re-Creation - 9. Conclusion: Chaos Neutralized in Cult PART III - CREATION AND COVENANT: THE DYNAMICS OF LORDSHIP AND SUBMISSION - 10. The Two Idioms of Biblical Monotheism - 11. The Dialectic of Covenantal Theonomy - 12. Argument and Obedience - Notes - Scripture Index / Author Index |
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| Code-barres | Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité |
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| CKGe/B 015 | CKGe/B 015 | Livre | Bibliothèque principale | Livres empruntables | Prêt possible Disponible |
