Abstract
Contrary to Qoheleth, there is something "new under the sun"; we have here a fresh approach to an old idea and a fresh look at data that have been known and endlessly discussed. Levenson sees three glaring deficiencies in past and current scholarship: 1) creation ex nihilo is "not an adequate characterization of creation in the Hebrew Bible" (p. xiii), 2) the connection of Gen. 1:1-2:3 with the Priestly theology of the cultus has not been adequately explored, 3) and the "vast amount of overlap between the idea of God as creator and the idea of God as lord in covenant needs to be exposed and explored" (p. xiv).