Sin, Suffering, and the Problem of Evil

David Willgren (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1983; Studium der Theologie an der Örebro School of Theology; 2016 Promotion in Lund; seit 2019 Lecturer an der Akademi för Ledarskap och Teologi und der Örebro School of Theology; seit 2019 Postdoktorand an der Umeå University.Born 1983; studied Theology at Örebro School of Theology; 2016 PhD; since 2016 associate professor/senior lecturer in Biblical Studies at the Academy of Leadership and Theology and Norwegian School of Leadership and Theology; since 2020 Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa; 2019-21 Post-doc at Umeå University.Blaženka Scheuer (Herausgegeben von) Born 1967; studied Judaic Studies, Modern Hebrew, and Biblical Studies at Lund University; 2005 PhD; since 2009 associate professor/senior lecturer in Biblical Studies at Lund University; 2012-13 visiting scholar Auckland University (New Zealand); since 2001 Assistant Head of Department for research issues at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies.

• Blaženka Scheuer/David Willgren Davage: IntroductionPart I: The Hebrew Bible in GeneralJohn Barton: God and Evil in the Hebrew Bible - Hermann Spieckermann: God in Conflict With Evil: Comfort, Repentance, and Compassion as Options of Divine Agency - Erik Aurelius: Sin Without Suffering? On One Function of Intercession in the Biblical Scriptures - Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme: Downing One's Destiny: Drinking and Judgement in the Hebrew Bible - Ola Wikander: Good Sun, Evil Sun, Eternal Sun: Biblical, Central Semitic, and Afro-Asiatic Perspectives - Göran Eidevall: Sad as a Bird: On Avian Metaphors in Biblical Depictions of Human Suffering - Kristin Joachimsen: Israel's Sin and Survival in Ezra 9-10 and Nehemiah 9-10Part II: Particular Books in the Hebrew BibleDavid Willgren Davage: Sin Without Grace? A Fresh Look at the Theological Significance of היום לרוח in Genesis 3:8 - Kåre Berge: Subjectivity, the Uncanny Other, and a Deconstructive Reading of Evil in the Exodus Narrative - Corinna Körting: Yom Kippur (Lev 16): A Complex Ritual Beyond Space and Time - Antti Laato: Understanding Ezekiel 18 in Its Literary Context - Karl William Weyde: Malachi 3:13-21 and the Problem of God's Justice in the Time of the Second Temple - Else Holt: Simul Justus et Peccator: Suffering and Sin in Lamentations - LarsOlov Eriksson: "Give Light to My Eyes": Psalm 13 Through the Eyes of Some Commentators - Åke Viberg: Metaphors of Evil: An Application of Cognitive Metaphor Theory on Imagery of Evil in the Book of Psalms - Terje Stordalen: Suffering and Identity in the Book of JobPart III: Reception History of Hebrew Bible TraditionsSten Hidal: Was There a Doctrine of Original Sin in Early Syriac Christianity? - Gunnlaugur A. Jónsson: Straws and a Tearful Blossom: Sin, Suffering, and Historical Background in Psalm 90 and Iceland's National Anthem - Elisabet Nord: Lost For Words: Psalms and Prayer at Dachau - Blaženka Scheuer: Genesis, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Evil