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==Job: The Monsters and the Critics - Behemoth== | ==Job: The Monsters and the Critics - Behemoth== | ||
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| + | Unanswered questions (Grady & Job) | ||
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| + | What is Behemoth? | ||
| + | -Canaanite/Babylonian Land Monster | ||
| + | -Devil Steed (Liber Floridus) -- vehicle for evil in the world | ||
| + | -Hippopatomus? (Modern interpreters, NRSV) | ||
| + | -Elephant? (Calvin) | ||
| + | -Dinosaur? (Creation "Science" Museum) | ||
| + | -Demon? (Medieval Iterps) | ||
| + | -Lunch? (Enoch / Jewish Interp) | ||
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| + | Behemoth is monster number one: | ||
| + | *If identified with Satan, then the "first of God's angels" | ||
| + | *If identified as dinosaur, then first in the sense of before people | ||
| + | *If taken as representative of all wild animals then per Genesis before Adam & Eve | ||
Revision as of 16:25, 6 March 2015
Mark 1:12-13 (NRSV)
12And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.
Job 40:15-24 (INL)
15Behold! Behemoth! My creation (like you)—he grazes like cattle. 16Behold! There is strength in his loins, power in his stomach. 17His stump hangs like cedar; sinewed stones interlock. 18His bones? Tunnels of bronze. His limbs? Bars of iron. 19Foremost of God's marvels! Monarch of dry lands! 20Indeed the mountains bring him tribute; all the wild beasts rejoice. 21He lounges beneath the brambles, lies among stalks of the marsh. 22The shade trees cover him in shadow; willows of the wadi surround him. 23When the river breaks forth, no fear in his face; Though Jordan comes against him; his confidence remains. 24Can you capture Behemoth with hooks? Can you pierce his nose with a snare?
Job: The Monsters and the Critics - Behemoth
Unanswered questions (Grady & Job)
What is Behemoth? -Canaanite/Babylonian Land Monster -Devil Steed (Liber Floridus) -- vehicle for evil in the world -Hippopatomus? (Modern interpreters, NRSV) -Elephant? (Calvin) -Dinosaur? (Creation "Science" Museum) -Demon? (Medieval Iterps) -Lunch? (Enoch / Jewish Interp)
Behemoth is monster number one:
- If identified with Satan, then the "first of God's angels"
- If identified as dinosaur, then first in the sense of before people
- If taken as representative of all wild animals then per Genesis before Adam & Eve
