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

by Ehrman, Bart D.

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Pymble, NSW ; New York : HarperCollins e-books, c2008.

Suffering -- Biblical teaching.

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http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=627ED656-4C48-45A6-A8A8-0E71D08819BE This title is available online; click here to access

9780061578311 (electronic bk.)

0061578312 (electronic bk.)

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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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