Learning through suffering
Subtitle: the educational value of suffering in the New Testament and in its milieu
By: by Charles H. Talbert.
Series: Zacchaeus studies.
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
Subjects: Bible. N.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Suffering -- Biblical teaching.; Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines.
Description: From the various Biblical explanations of suffering, this volume chooses to focus on one: suffering sometimes possesses an educational value. It explores the differing versions of this view in Paul, James, 1 Peter, Hebrews and Luke-Acts, and sets these Christian perspectives against the backdrop of similar explanations in Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"A Michael Glazier book."