God's problem : how the Bible fails to answer our most important question--why we suffer
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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| Stamford | Available |
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| Subject |
| Suffering > Biblical teaching. |
- ISBN: 9780061173929
- ISBN: 0061173975
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Physical Description
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x, 294 pages ; 24 cm - Edition 1st ed.
- Publisher New York : HarperOne, [2008]
- Copyright ©2008
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284) and indexes. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |