Defending God: Biblical Responses to the Problem of Evil by James L. Crenshaw (E

by James L. Crenshaw

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Defending God by James L. Crenshaw Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Crenshaw has been writing about and pondering the issue of theodicy - the human effort to justify the ways of the gods or God - for many years. In this volume he presents a synthesis of his ideas on this perennially thorny issue. The result sheds new light on the history of the human struggle with this intractable problem. Publisher Description 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? It is this question James Crenshaw seeks to address in thiswide-ranging study of ancient theodicies. Crenshaw has been writing about and pondering the issue of theodicy - the human effort to justify the ways of the gods or God - for many years. In this volume hepresents a synthesis of his ideas on this perennially thorny issue. The result sheds new light on the history of the human struggle with this intractable problem. Details ISBN 0195140028 ISBN-13 9780195140026 Title Defending God Author James L. Crenshaw Format Hardcover Year 2005 Pages 288 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc GE_Item_ID:137022019; About Us Grand

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2005
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780195140026
• Condition: Fine

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