TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sneed, Mark R.
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022//
TI  - Taming the Beast: a reception history of Behemoth and Leviathan
T3  - Studies of the Bible and its reception volume 12
PB  - De Gruyter
CY  - Berlin
KW  - Behemoth
KW  - Leviathan
KW  - Monsters in the Bible
KW  - Rezeptionsgeschichte
KW  - Behemot
KW  - RELIGION / Ancient
KW  - reception history
AB  - 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
SN  - 9783110581591
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110581591
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110581591/original
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110581591
DO  - 10.1515/9783110581591
LA  - English
N1  - Mark R. Sneed
ID  - 1785795228
ER  -