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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : HarperOne, 2008Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 294 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780061173974 (hardcover)
  • 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.
Item type: Book
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BS680.S78 B56 Neither poverty nor riches : BS680.S85 G4713 Suffering / BS680.S854 B53 2001 The Bible on suffering : BS680.S854 E37 2008 God's problem : BS680.S854 G74 2016 What does the Bible say about suffering? / BS680.S854 M34 1997 Why suffering? : BS680.S854 M385 2005 Where is the God of justice? :

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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