Tag: behemoth
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Why Does God Give a Zoology Lecture at the End of Job?
The book of Job ends in a whirlwind – literally. After dozens of chapters of debate, God finally answers Job… with a storm, a parade of wild animals, and two mysterious creatures: Behemoth and Leviathan. What is going on here? Why does God talk about chaos monsters instead of explaining Job’s suffering? And why does…
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Leviathan & Co.: More Canaanite Mythology in the Hebrew Bible
In this third (and final) look at Canaanite beliefs, we meet a strange array of monsters, such as Leviathan. They also make an appearance in the Hebrew Bible. What do we make of this and of the claim that God, too, had to do battle with creatures like these?