Suffering and Hope by Jchristiaan Beker

Suffering and Hope by Jchristiaan Beker

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

This compelling study by J. Christian 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 of suffering and to the Christian hope for the future of creation. His concern is with the quality and character of both suffering and hope in a world where the question of suffering is inescapable. This powerful new edition features a foreword by Ben C. Ollenburger that describes the story behind the book -- the dehumanizing conditions Beker endured as a slave laborer during the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands and the ways in which they helped shape the particular poignancy of his view of suffering. Readers will be moved both by Beker's personal transparency and by his biblical vision of hopeful suffering -- the apocalyptic trust in God's eventual victory over the power of death that poisons his creation.

Beker, J. Christiaan: -

J. Christiaan Beker was for thirty years the Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary; he died in 1999. Among his books from Fortress Press are the critically acclaimed Paul the Apostle (1980), The Triumph of God (1990), and The New Testament: A Thematic Introduction (1994).

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ISBN 13	9780802807229
ISBN 10	0802807224
Title	Suffering and Hope
Author	Jchristiaan Beker
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Year published	1994-03-28
Number of pages	148
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.