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Against the Gods: The Polemical Theology of the Old Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

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

had limited access to true historical resources.39 And, obviously, a majority believe that the antediluvian accounts of Genesis 1–11 are mere myth and legend, just like similar stories throughout the ancient Near East. In evangelical Old Testament studies today there appears to be a clear drift away from the position that holds to an original, singular, and unique worldview on the part of the Hebrews.40 For example, in regard to the book of Genesis, Peter Enns argues that we ought to “acknowledge
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