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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...

historical narrative. C. John Collins perhaps has the best designation of the genre of Genesis 1–2 when he calls it “exalted prose narrative.”31 This description properly reflects the sequence, chronology, and historicity of the account, while at the same time underscoring its exceptional quality. There are, of course, many more distinctions that could be cited between Genesis 1–2 and the other ancient Near Eastern creation accounts, but the key point is this: the differences are monumental and are
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