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"One of the most challenging passages in the book of Job is the Lord's long description of a hippopotamus and crocodile. In this NSBT, Eric Ortlund argues that Behemoth and Leviathan are better understood as symbols of cosmic chaos and evil, helping readers appreciate the reward of Job's faith (and ours) as we endure in trusting God while living in an unredeemed creation"--
Theodicy --- Good and evil --- Behemoth --- Leviathan --- Biblical teaching --- Biblical teaching --- Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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The imagery of thunder and lightning, fire and earthquake which attends YHWH's theophany in Old Testament poetic texts has most often been interpreted as a series of metaphors in biblical scholarship. This work applies insights from recent work in metaphor theory and myth theory to argue that this traditional interpretation of poetic theophanic imagery is mistaken, and that these texts make better exegetical sense when understood against the background of the ANE myth of the defeat of chaos.
Baal (Canaanite deity) --- Myth in the Old Testament. --- Mythology, Ugaritic. --- Theomachy. --- Theophanies in the Bible. --- Ugaritic literature --- Relation to the Old Testament. --- Bible. --- Language, style.
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Theophanies in the Bible --- Myth in the Old Testament --- Ugaritic literature --- Mythology, Ugaritic --- Theomachy --- Baal (Canaanite deity) --- Relation to the Old Testament --- Bible. --- Bible. --- Language, style. --- Language, style.
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