J. D. Levenson, Creation and the Persistence of Evil. The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence

Abstract

JON D. LEVENSON, Creation and the Persistence of Evil. The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence, Princeton University Press - New Jersey - 1994, 215 pp.

A is Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School since 1988. In this book he energizes the conception of God by returning to biblical sources. In that attempt, it defies as a consequence presentations traditional of the creator God who rules omnipotent and without discussion about creation, which respond to human complaint about the evil and injustice with a discourse on freedom capable of to confront the creator. The A., on the other hand, sees in the Hebrew sources God author of the world as a result of his first victory in the fight against evil, which still persists and whose final outcome is uncertain. This causes a final response of trust, or unbelieving rebellion.

The outstanding merit of this research is that it highlights the eschatological dynamism of creation in the face of the persistence of the evil that harasses us and that God intends to eradicate, with our participation.