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Book

God's problem : how the Bible fails to answer our most important question--why we suffer

Call Number

  • 231.8 E339 (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : HarperOne, c2008.

Physical Description

x, 294 p. ; 24 cm.

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.

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.

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