God's problem : [manuscript] : how the Bible fails to answer our most important question--why we suffer /
Ehrman, Bart D.
God's problem : how the Bible fails to answer our most important question--why we suffer / [manuscript] : by Bart D. Ehrman. - 1st ed. - New York : HarperOne, c2008. - x, 294 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-284) and indexes.
Suffering and a crisis of faith -- Sinners in the hands of an angry God : the classical view of suffering -- More sin and more wrath : the dominance of the classical view of suffering -- The consequences of sin -- The mystery of the greater good : redemptive suffering -- Does suffering make sense? : the books of Job and Ecclesiastes -- God has the last word : Jewish-Christian apocalypticism -- More apocalpytic views : God's ultimate triumph over evil -- Suffering : the conclusion.
Renowned Bible scholar Bart Ehrman discusses the contradictory explanations for suffering put forth by various biblical writers and invites all people of faith--or no faith--to confront their deepest questions about how God engages the world and each of us.
9780061173929 (pbk) 0061173975 (hardcover)
2007043400
Suffering--Biblical teaching.
BS680.S854 / E37 2008
231/.8
God's problem : how the Bible fails to answer our most important question--why we suffer / [manuscript] : by Bart D. Ehrman. - 1st ed. - New York : HarperOne, c2008. - x, 294 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-284) and indexes.
Suffering and a crisis of faith -- Sinners in the hands of an angry God : the classical view of suffering -- More sin and more wrath : the dominance of the classical view of suffering -- The consequences of sin -- The mystery of the greater good : redemptive suffering -- Does suffering make sense? : the books of Job and Ecclesiastes -- God has the last word : Jewish-Christian apocalypticism -- More apocalpytic views : God's ultimate triumph over evil -- Suffering : the conclusion.
Renowned Bible scholar Bart Ehrman discusses the contradictory explanations for suffering put forth by various biblical writers and invites all people of faith--or no faith--to confront their deepest questions about how God engages the world and each of us.
9780061173929 (pbk) 0061173975 (hardcover)
2007043400
Suffering--Biblical teaching.
BS680.S854 / E37 2008
231/.8