Creation Untamed – The Bible, God, and Natural Disasters

Terence E. Fretheim (1936-2020; ThD, Princeton Theological Seminary) was Elva B. Lovell Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Luther Seminary, where he taught for forty-five years. He is the author of more than twenty books, including commentaries on Genesis, Exodus, First and Second Kings, and Jeremiah and God and World in the Old Testament, The Suffering of God, and The Pentateuch.

• Introduction1. God Created the World Good, Not Perfect2. The God of the Flood Story and Natural Disasters3. Natural Disasters, the Will of the Creator, and the Suffering of Job4. Suffering and the God of the Old Testament5. God, Faith, and the Practice of PrayerConclusionIndex

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