{"product_id":"defending-god-biblical-responses-to-the-problem-of-evil-hardcover-2","title":"Defending God: Biblical Responses to the Problem of Evil - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames L. Crenshaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames L. Crenshaw\u003c\/strong\u003e is Robert L. Flowers Professor of Old Testament at Duke University. He is the author of many books, most recently \u003cem\u003eThe Psalms: An Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e (2001) and \u003cem\u003eEducation in Ancient Israel: Across the Deadening Silence\u003c\/em\u003e (1998).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.48 x 6.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42034984452176,"sku":"9780195140026","price":186.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/VTZZYlRyRkNXYTRCcUJZTVlhbCtTQT09_47a836d6-fefa-478b-adfe-12cf0b48cdc5.webp?v=1771837886","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/defending-god-biblical-responses-to-the-problem-of-evil-hardcover-2","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}