David Birnbaum's God and Evil is a major philosophical study which
systematically confronts the philosophical problem of evil, and the Holocaust
in particular. It presents an extensively researched and comprehensive review
of the subject. In a clearly presented and readable exposition, Birnbaum then
proposes an original and powerful formulation. Combining modern and classic,
rationalist and mystic themes, Birnbaum's proposed solution to the ancient
problem of evil is perhaps the most elegant to appear in modern times.
God and Evil (1988), the first book in the landmark Summa Metaphysica
series, has been assigned as a Required Text at universities around the world,
and was a Book of the Month feature selection of the Jewish Book Club. The
work has gone through Five Printings and eighteen thousand copies to date.
The author is known as a leading conceptual theorist.
The two–volume Summa Metaphysica series was crafted over a twenty–six
year span, 1982–1988 and then 2001–2008. It was the prime focus of a major
international academic conference at Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY),
April 2012. [see www.Bard1000.com].
