God's Conflict with the Dragon and the Sea: Echoes of a Canaanite Myth in the Old Testament

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Wipf and Stock Publishers, 20‏/04‏/2020 - 242 من الصفحات
The Old Testament contains a number of interesting poetic references to God's conflict with a dragon, called by names such as Leviathan, Rahab or the twisting serpent, and with the sea. In this original contribution to the background and understanding of the Old Testament Dr Day undertakes a detailed and thorough examination of these allusions. Building on the discovery of the Ugaritic texts, he demonstrates a source for these references within Canaanite mythology. His study further explores the associations of the imagery. Sometimes in the Old Testament the dragon is associated with the creation of the world, or it becomes a symbol of a foreign nation, and in some references it is associated with divine conflict at the end of time.

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30 ET 29 probably
119
The origin of the conflict with the nations motif
125
Summary
139
The exaltation of the one like a son of man over
151
Summary
177
Bibliography
190
2 610 49
197
Indexes
214

The chaotic sea as a designation for Assyria
101
The dragon as a designation for Babylon
109
Index of Authors
224

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John Day is currently Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Studies in the University of Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow & Tutor of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

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