Goldingay and Wright's article "Yahweh our God Yahweh One"

Goldingay, John E., and Christopher J. W. Wright. ""Yahweh Our God and Yahweh One": The Oneness of God in the Old Testament." In One God, One Lord: Christianity in a World of Religious Pluralism, ed. Andrew D. Clarke and Bruce Winter, 43-62. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1992.

Goldingay and Wright explore the topic of Israel's attitudes towards foreign religions, seeking illumination to the questions from perspectives found in 6 sections in the OT: i) OT material relating to creation, ii) stories of Israel's ancestors, iii) material concerning exodus and Sinai, iv) story of Israel's life in Canaan, and v & vi) books which relate to the Babylonian, Persian and Greek periods. (43)

They (Foreign religions in the bible) are sometimes recognized as reflecting truth about God from which Israel itself may even be able to learn. But they are always in need of the illumination which can only come from knowing what Yahweh has done with Israel (43)

i) OT material relating to creation

In either case non-Israelite insight is set in a new context within the religion of Yahweh (cp Prov 1:7), but the implications of the parallels is that pagan thought has its own insight. (44)

The Wisdom literature is thus evidence of the ability of Yahwistic faith to incorporate the insights of other cultures, recognizing its human value while purging it of idolatrous or polytheistic elements. Indeed, several scholars have urged that we pay more attention to the Wisdom tradition as a starting point for cross-cultural communication of biblical faith and interreligious dialogue. (44-45

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