TY - BOOK AU - Levenson, Jon D. TI - Creation and the Persistence of Evil : : The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence SN - 97806910295040691029504 AV - BS651 .L377 1994 PY - 1994/// CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Bible.—Genesis, I-II, 3—Theology.Bible.—Old Testament—Theology.Creation—Biblical teaching N1 - The Mastery of God and the Vulnerability of Order : The Basic ideas of Israelite religion? -- The Survival of chaos after the victory of God -- The Futurity and presence of the cosmogonic victory -- Conclusion : the vitality of evil and the fragility of creation -- The Alternation of Chaos and Order : Genesis 1:1-2:3 : creation without opposition : Psalm 104 -- Creation in seven days -- Cosmos and microcosm -- Rest and re- creation -- Conclusion : chaos neutralized in cult -- Creation and Covenant : The Dynamics of Lordship and Submission : The Two idioms of Biblical monotheism -- The Dialectic of covenantal theonomy -- Argument and obedience ER -