RT Book
T1 Defending God: biblical responses to the problem of evil
A1 Crenshaw, James L. 1934-
LA English
PP Oxford u.a.
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2005
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/387701648
AB 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 this wide-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 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.
NO Includes bibliographical references (p. [251] - 264) and indexes
CN BS1199.T44
SN 0195140028
SN 9780195140026
K1 Bible : Old Testament : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Bible : O.T : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Good and evil : Biblical teaching
K1 Theodicy : Biblical teaching