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God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We Suffer Paperback - 2009

by Bart D. Ehrman

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A top Bible scholar and "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Misquoting Jesus" challenges the varied and contradictory biblical explanations for why an all-powerful God allows suffering.

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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.

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  • Title God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We Suffer
  • Author Bart D. Ehrman
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperOne, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2009-02-24
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780061173929 / 0061173924
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9 in (19.81 x 13.21 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Academic
    • Theometrics: Mainline
  • Category Religion - Theology
  • Dewey Decimal Code 231.8

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  • Time, 07/13/2009, Page 58
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