Suffering and Hope: The Biblical Vision and the Human Predicament

by Johan Christiaan Beker

Book Overview

This compelling study by J. Christiaan Beker provides a moving, triumphant answer to one of life's greatest mysteries - the presence of suffering in God's world. Now an established classic in the discussion of the problem of evil, Suffering and Hope plumbs the Old Testament's response to earthly pain as well as Paul's own dealings with 'redemptive suffering.' Beker seeks to understand how the Bible's view of suffering relates to our present experience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802807224
• ISBN13: 9780802807229
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 6.0"