Against the Gods: The Polemical Theology of the Old Testament

Did the Old Testament writers borrow ideas from their pagan neighbors? And if they did, was it done uncritically?

A respected Old Testament scholar and archaeologist engages with this controversial question by carefully comparing the biblical text to other ancient Near Eastern documents. Well-researched and thoughtfully nuanced, Currid aims to outline the precise relationship between the biblical worldview and that of Israel's neighbors.

Table of Contents:

1. A Brief History of Ancient Near Eastern Studies
2. The Nature of Polemical Thought and Writing
3. Genesis 1 and Other Ancient Near Eastern Creation Accounts
4. Ancient Near Eastern Flood Accounts and the Noahic Deluge of Genesis 6–9
5. Joseph, the Tale of the Two Brothers, and the Spurned Seductress Motif
6. The Birth of the Deliverer
7. The Flights of Sinuhe and Moses
8. Who is “I am that I am”? Exodus 3 and the Egyptian Book of the Heavenly Cow
9. The Rod of Moses
10. The Parting of the Waters of the Red Sea
11. Canaanite Motifs

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Listen to an episode of Reformed Forum featuring John Currid entitled Against the Gods.

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