God's Problem (41 page)

BART D. EHRMAN is the author of more than twenty books, including the
New York Times
best-selling
Misquoting Jesus.
Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is a leading authority on the early Church and the life of Jesus. He has been featured in
Time
and has appeared on NBC’s
Dateline, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,
CNN, The History Channel, major NPR shows, and other top media outlets. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

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Cover art: St. Matthew, detail from the Sant’Emidio polyptych, 1473 (tempera on panel) by Carlo Crivelli (c. 1430/35–1495), Sant’Emidio, Ascoli Picena, Italy/The Bridgeman Art Library

GOD’S PROBLEM
:
How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question—Why We Suffer
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