Bible Among The Myths: The Old Testament And Ancient Near East Myth

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Introduction
The Book; Bible Among the Myths, by John N. Oswalt, give his reader insight into the variation and resemblance that exist with the Old Testament and Ancient Near East religions. In the preamble, Oswalt starts with an overview of other scholarly notion on the subject of the Old Testament literature and literature of the Ancient Near East and what has in its viewpoint has altered over time. The writer position at the time, that scholars believed the Old Testament and its mysticism stood unaccompanied from other Ancient Near East religions. From Oswalt studies and research, he now announce that scholars views of the Old Testament could be just another Ancient Near East religions. It was in the rethinking of the scholars how the differences between the Israelite view reality and the approach Israel 's neighbors took to the subject matter, is what made the differences. Oswalt pose it was the diversity linking the old Testament and other Ancient …show more content…

At the same time, the Israelite people would survived the exilic period of the Assyrian and the Babylonian empires. In this captivate the people of Israel would get to know the one and only God of creation, and his independence from humanity. The action of (ANE) in their quest for political dominance would give the people of (OT) a faith test. This faith came from the one that had its origin in creation. Though the prophets He would make his present know to his people, and his present visible to the world. In doing so the Greek philosophy could show the linkage of cause and effect to the Hebrews and the world.(26) Oswalt now bring chapter one to a close given the understanding of the inevitability of a biblical worldview, and how without science and logic cannot stand on it 's own. It was in the undergird of creator that this came in to

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