The Psalms and the Problem of Evil - Softcover

Cholakian, Rouben

 
9780595122660: The Psalms and the Problem of Evil

Synopsis

The reason for the Psalms enduring popularity is their familiar and pervasive cry for truth and equity in a world of inscrutable and stubborn injustice. Using as a critical paradigm the triangle of son, outsider/enemy, and father, The Psalms and the Problem of Evil elucidates the social and psychological underpinnings of the crucial issue of evil as treated in the Psalms.

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About the Author

Rouben C. Cholakian holds a doctorate from Columbia University and was Burgess Professor of Romance Languages at Hamilton College. The author of many books and articles on the French Middle Ages and Renaissance, he is now retired and resides in New York City.

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