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God's problem : [manuscript] : how the Bible fails to answer our most important question--why we suffer / by Bart D. Ehrman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : HarperOne, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 294 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780061173929 (pbk)
  • 0061173975 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 231/.8 22
LOC classification:
  • BS680.S854 E37 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Books Books Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology Library Available at Circulation Section 231.8 Ehr 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 19864

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.

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