Against the Gods
The Polemical Theology of the Old Testament
Published on 31. August 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-4335-3183-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Written by a distinguished Old Testament scholar and Egyptologist with many years of experience studying ancient Near Eastern religions
Responds to the tendency within Old Testament studies to emphasize radical continuity between the Old Testament and ancient pagan mythology
Contains a helpful overview of the history of ancient Near Eastern studies
Written by a distinguished Old Testament scholar and Egyptologist with many years of experience studying ancient Near Eastern religions
Responds to the tendency within Old Testament studies to emphasize radical continuity between the Old Testament and ancient pagan mythology
Contains a helpful overview of the history of ancient Near Eastern studies
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wheaton, IL
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
203 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4335-3183-5 (9781433531835)
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John D. Currid (PhD, University of Chicago) is the Carl W. McMurray Professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies in Jerusalem, Israel, and serves as project director of the Bethsaida Excavations Project in Israel (1995-present). He lectures and preaches worldwide.
Content
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
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