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BL
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1009224
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b763594
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| Main Entry
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Ehrman, Bart D.
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| Title & Author
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God's problem : : how the Bible fails to answer our most important question--why we suffer /\ Bart D. Ehrman.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: HarperOne,, ©2008.
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| Page. NO
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x, 294 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0061173924
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: 0061173975
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: 006147035X
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: 9780061173929
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: 9780061173974
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: 9780061470356
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9780061744402 (ebook)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284) and indexes.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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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Suffering-- Biblical teaching.
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Suffering-- Biblical teaching.
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Suffering-- Biblical teaching.
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| Dewey Classification
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231/.8
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| LC Classification
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BS680.S854E37 2008
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