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God's conflict with the dragon and the sea : echoes of a Canaanite myth in the Old Testament / John Day.
Van Pelt Library BS1199.D73 D38 1985
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Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BS1199.D73 D38 1985
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Day, John, 1948-
- Series:
- University of Cambridge oriental publications ; no. 35.
- University of Cambridge oriental publications ; no. 35
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Dragons in the Bible.
- Sea in the Bible.
- Mythology, Canaanite.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 233 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985.
- Contents:
- Creation and the divine conflict with the dragon and the sea
- The alleged naturalization of Leviathan and behemoth
- The historicization of the divine conflict with the dragon and the sea and the origin of the 'conflict with the nations' motif
- The eschatologization of the divine conflict with the dragon and the sea
- Summary and conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-213) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acc.# 202258
- ISBN:
- 0521256003
- 9780521256001
- OCLC:
- 10071909
- Online:
- Publisher description
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