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The role of Egypt in the Old Testament, particularly in the Pentateuch, is a significant one. John Currid’s in-depth study of that role sheds valuable light on this important aspect of Israel’s history and Scriptures. Currid observes that more biblical scholars today are returning to the study of Egypt and its texts. “My hope,” he writes, “is that this volume will add to the growing interest in...

the imminent national catastrophe of Egypt. Therefore the plague narratives must be considered in the light of the serpent confrontation. Exodus 7:8–13 is also paradigmatic in that it defines for the reader the true issue at stake in the entire Exodus struggle. The hostilities were not primarily between Moses and Pharaoh, or between Moses and the Egyptian magicians, or for that matter between Israel and Egypt. What the serpent contest portrays is a heavenly combat—a war between the God of the Hebrews
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