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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.

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The typologies he develops derive not from the speculative theology or philosphy but from the biblical text themselves. * Mark S. Scott, Theological Book Review *

Defending God

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 5/19/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780195140026
      978-0195140026
      ISBN-10 0195140028
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      Education Christianity Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts Theology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      The typologies he develops derive not from the speculative theology or philosphy but from the biblical text themselves. * Mark S. Scott, Theological Book Review *

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