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008			040518s2005 enk b 001 0 eng
010			_a2004011803
020			_a9780195140026 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a0195140028 (cloth : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)55228733 _z(OCoLC)57575382 _z(OCoLC)60648930 _z(OCoLC)71237528
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050	0	0	_aBS1199.T44 _bC74 2004
082	0	4	_a231.8 _223
092			_a231.8 CRENSHAW
100	1		_aCrenshaw, James L.
245	1	0	_aDefending God : _bbiblical responses to the problem of evil / _cJames L. Crenshaw.
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2005.
300			_ax, 275 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-264) and indexes.
505	0		_aPart I: Spreading the blame around -- The atheistic answer : abandoning the quest -- Alternative gods : falling back on a convenient worldview -- A demon at work : letting benevolence slip -- Part II: Redefining God -- Limited power and knowledge : accentuating human freedom -- Split personality : reconciling justice with mercy -- A disciplinary procedure : stimulating growth in virtue -- Punishment for sin : blaming the victim -- Part III: Shifting to the human scene -- Suffering as atonement : making the most of a bad thing -- Justice deferred : banking on life beyond the grave -- Mystery : appealing to human ignorance -- Disinterested righteousness : questioning the problem.
520			_a"In the ancient Near East, when the gods detected gross impropriety in their ranks, they subjected their own to trial. When mortals suspect their gods of wrongdoing, do they have the right to put them on trial? What lies behind the human endeavor to impose moral standards of behavior on the gods? Is this effort an act of arrogance, as Kant suggested, or a means of keeping theological discourse honest?". "Crenshaw's exploration of the treatment of theodicy in a broad cross-section of ancient texts sheds new light on the history of the human struggle with this intractable problem."--Jacket.
630	0	0	_aBible. _pOld Testament _xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650		0	_aTheodicy _xBiblical teaching.
650		0	_aGood and evil _xBiblical teaching.
942			_2ddc _cE-BOOK
999			_c19748 _d19748