Jon D Levenson: 4 books
The Love of God
Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
The love of God is perhaps the most essential element in Judaism—but also one of the most confounding. In biblical and rabbinic literature, the obligation to love God appears as a formal commandment. Yet most people today think of love as a feeling. How can an emotion be commanded? How could one...
by Jon D. Levenson
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This paperback edition of Creation and the Persistence of Evil 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,...
Inheriting Abraham
The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
Jews, Christians, and Muslims supposedly share a common religious heritage in the patriarch Abraham, and the idea that he should serve only as a source of unity among the three traditions has become widespread in both scholarly and popular circles. But in Inheriting Abraham, Jon Levenson reveals how...
by Jon D. Levenson
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
A treasury of religious thought and faith--places the symbolic world of the Bible in its original context.