I picked this up ages ago to look at some treatments of some “problematic” passages of the OT. The first chapter address the ancient near eastern creation narratives in relation to the Hebrew narrative and chapter two with regards to the same as it concerns the flood narratives.
Essentially, I should have read the subtitle more closely. It compares/contrasts ANE narratives with the Hebrew but the main thrust of his argument is polemical: the Hebrew author was distancing himself from the pagan myths by way of subtle subversion. I’m not really sure how that helps us determine the primacy and validity of the Hebrew narratives but I’ll need to finish it and see.
Essentially, I should have read the subtitle more closely. It compares/contrasts ANE narratives with the Hebrew but the main thrust of his argument is polemical: the Hebrew author was distancing himself from the pagan myths by way of subtle subversion. I’m not really sure how that helps us determine the primacy and validity of the Hebrew narratives but I’ll need to finish it and see.