Book Review: "Against the Gods: The Polemical Theology of the Old Testament" by John D. Currid
Against the Gods: The Polemical Theology of the Old Testament John D. Currid Crossway 1300 Crescent Street Wheaton, IL 60187 www.crossway.org Copyright: 2013 ISBN: 978-1-4335-3183-5; $17.99 Reviewed for Deus Misereatur by: Rev. Dr. Michael Philliber Reading Polemically – 4 stars out of 5 There are several parallels between the Old Testament stories and the mythical tales from the cultures and societies that surrounded ancient Israel. Many biblical scholars, skeptics and supporters alike, have accepted the view that the Hebrew writers were simply bootlegging those tales, cleaning them up, and inserting them into Israel’s history. Dr. John D. Currid’s new 192 page paperback, “Against the Gods: The Polemical Theology of the Old Testament”, addresses this trend, and seeks to offer a different set of plausibilities for seeing these parallels. This book is mildly technical, but not burdensomely so. Dr. Currid was a seminary professor of mine in the 1990s, and I was d...