Did the Old Testament make use of the religious ideas of the neighbours of Israel in the ancient Near East? Currid wants to demonstrate that numerous stories from the Old Testament reflect motifs and plots from Israel’s neighbours. In Chapter 6 he considers the possibility that one of these plots about a birth story is borrowed in Exodus 2:1-10. Currid takes a look at the Legend of Sargon, the Myth of Horus, and tales of the Hittites as possible background motifs. Finally he shows the polemical angle of Exodus against these stories.

Source: Against the Gods: The Polemical Theology of the Old Testament (Crossway, 2013), 75-87.

This material is made available with the permission of Crossway.

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