Professor Bart D. Ehrman - WNYC The Leonard Lopate Show

Bart D. Bhrman, Phd James A. Gray Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. God's Problem: How the Bible Failes to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer.

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Through close readings of every section of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Ehrman discovers that the Bible offers numerous answers that are often contradictory. The prophets think God sends pain and suffering as a punishment for sin and also that human beings who oppress others create such misery; the writers who tell the Jesus story and the Joseph stories think God works through suffering to achieve redemptive purposes; the writers of Job view pain as God's test; and the writers of Job and Ecclesiastes conclude that we simply cannot know why we suffer.

Date & Length	Description
Jan. 9, 2006 00:32:56	WNYC The Leonard Lopate Show. Studio interview with Leonard Lopate discussing with Bart about the book "Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why."

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