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In *God’s Problem*, prominent Bible scholar Bart D. Ehrman examines the Bible’s myriad, often contradictory explanations of suffering. From the prophets who frame suffering as punitive, to Job’s paradoxical insights that view it as a test and a mystery, to Ecclesiastes’s call to accept the nature of the world, the book surveys how these texts influence believers. Ehrman recounts how confronting these disparate narratives led him, once a pastor of the Princeton Baptist Church, to question and eventually leave Christianity. The book invites readers—whether firm in faith or seeking answers—to confront their deepest questions about God’s relationship with the world and with humanity.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Religion & Spirituality/Christianity
Authors: Bart D. Ehrman
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