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050	0	4	_aBS1199.C915.D444 2004
100	1		_aCrenshaw, James L, _e1
245	1	0	_aDefending God : _bbiblical responses to the problem of evil / _cJames L. Crenshaw. _hPR
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c(c)2005.
300			_ax, 275 pages ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_a1 (pages 251.-264) and indexes.
505	0	0	_aPart I: Spreading the blame around -- _tThe atheistic answer : abandoning the quest -- _tAlternative gods : falling back on a convenient worldview -- _tA demon at work : letting benevolence slip -- _tPart II: Redefining God -- _tLimited power and knowledge : accentuating human freedom -- _tSplit personality : reconciling justice with mercy -- _tA disciplinary procedure : stimulating growth in virtue -- _tPunishment for sin : blaming the victim -- _tPart III: Shifting to the human scene -- _tSuffering as atonement : making the most of a bad thing -- _tJustice deferred : banking on life beyond the grave -- _tMystery : appealing to human ignorance -- _tDisinterested righteousness : questioning the problem.
520	0		_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.
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650		0	_aTheodicy _xBiblical teaching.
650		0	_aGood and evil _xBiblical teaching.
630	0	0	_aBible. _pOld Testament _xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
856	4	2	_zContributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/2004011803-b.html
856	4	2	_zPublisher description _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0636/2004011803-d.html
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell