This article explores the meaning of the notion of ‘creation’ inthe Jewish tradition of the 20th century – both in regard to God as creatorand the human being as creature. With reference to Franz Rosenzweig,Margarete Susman and Hans Jonas, the first part of the articlefocuses on the question of whether God, after Auschwitz, can still beunderstood as an omnipotent and righteous creator of the All, while thesecond part investigates the human condition as described by HannahArendt and Emmanuel Levinas: what does it mean to be created as or inthe image of God? In particular, creaturely freedom and responsibility,natality and creativity are highlighted and discussed in the context ofpost-Holocaust theology
