Against the Gods

Autorentext

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 p roject d irector of the Bethsaida Excavations Project in Israel (1995-present). He lectures and preaches worldwide.

Klappentext

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

Zusammenfassung
What is the relationship between the Old Testament and ancient Near Eastern mythology? Currid examines the evidence, arguing that the Old Testament is highly polemical as he stresses differentiation over continuity.