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God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We Suffer

Bart D. Ehrman

One Bible, Many Answers

In God's Problem, the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus challenges the contradictory biblical explanations for why an all-powerful God allows us to suffer.

Book Details

  • Publisher: HarperOne
  • Publish Date: Feb 24th, 2009
  • Pages: 304
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.80in - 5.20in - 0.90in - 0.50lb
  • EAN: 9780061173929
  • Categories: Christian Theology - GeneralPhilosophyChristian Living - Death, Grief, Bereavement

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About the Author

Ehrman, Bart D.: -

Bart D. Ehrman is one of the most renowned and controversial Bible scholars in the world today. He is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is the author of more than twenty books, including the New York Times bestsellers How Jesus Became God; Misquoting Jesus; God's Problem; Jesus, Interrupted; and Forged. He has appeared on Dateline NBC, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, CNN, History, and top NPR programs, as well as been featured in TIME, the New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and other publications. He lives in Durham, North Carolina. Visit the author online at www.bartdehrman.com.

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Praise for this book

"Ehrman's clarity, simplicity, and congeniality help make this a superb introduction to its subject." -- Booklist

"Ehrman, a prolific and popular author, has put his journey into words in a new book "God's Problem. ...Ehrman actually ends "God's Problem" on an upbeat note, a kind of call to arms for people to be good--to themselves and to others..." -- San Diego Tribune

"[An] entrapped invocation of a God who is not believed in, but is nonetheless despised, is what gives the book a rough power. ...[Ehrman] is a lucid expositor..." -- The New Yorker