“Two and a half millennia of Western theology have made it easy to forget that throughout the ancient Near Eastern world, including Israel, the point of creation is not the production of matter out of nothing, but rather the emergence of a stable community in abenevolent and life-sustaining order.5”.5. Jon D. Levenson, Creation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988),12.
Arianne almost 9 years ago
Seems like eons.
MeGoNow Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Oh, yeah. That’s the one where he’s complaining about not being able to get his boy to get out of the house and find a job. Make something of himself.
Zen-of-Zinfandel almost 9 years ago
Came from a “deader” sea scroll?
Stephen Gilberg almost 9 years ago
The Old Testament begins with the Creation. What could the Older Testament have? God sitting around with the formless world?
kaffekup almost 9 years ago
“Two and a half millennia of Western theology have made it easy to forget that throughout the ancient Near Eastern world, including Israel, the point of creation is not the production of matter out of nothing, but rather the emergence of a stable community in abenevolent and life-sustaining order.5”.5. Jon D. Levenson, Creation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988),12.