%0 Book
%T Taming the Beast: a reception history of Behemoth and Leviathan
%A Sneed, Mark R.
%S Studies of the Bible and its reception volume 12
%D 2022
%I De Gruyter
%C Berlin
%@ 9783110581591
%G English
%F 1785795228
%O Mark R. Sneed
%O Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
%O In English
%X Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Need for a Reception Historical Approach -- 3. Monster Theory and the Beasts -- 4. Leviathan’s Ancestry.com -- 5. The Israelite Reconfiguration of the Canaanite Combat Myth: Leviathan -- 6. Intimations of a Monster in the Bible -- 7. Leviathan Gets a Side-Kick: Behemoth -- 8. The Beasts Become God’s Enemy Again and the Epitome of Evil -- 9. The Nodal Nuances of Negativity within Christianity -- 10. Is It Roast Beast or a Meal for the Beast? Culinary Interpretations -- 11. A Whale of a Tale: Jonah’s Dag as Leviathan and Its Reception -- 12. The Beasts as (De‐)Stabilizers: The Axis Mundi Tradition -- 13. From Fable to Fauna: The Monsters Become Natural Animals -- 14. Return of the Repressed: “Romantic” Perspectives -- 15. Taming the Beast: Conclusions -- Works Cited -- Subject Index -- Ancient Citations Index
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%K Behemoth
%K Leviathan
%K Monsters in the Bible
%K Rezeptionsgeschichte
%K Behemot
%K RELIGION / Ancient
%K reception history
%9 Text
%R 10.1515/9783110581591
%U https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110581591
%U https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110581591/original
%U https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110581591