Ehrman, Bart D. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-284) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780061173929 (pbk) 0061173975 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007043400 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Suffering--Biblical teaching.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS680.S854  / E37 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>231/.8