Two strange beasts : : Leviathan and Behemoth in Second Temple and early rabbinic Judaism / / K. William Whitney, Jr.
The ancient myth of a battle between a Divine Warrior and a primordial monster undergoes significant development in postbiblical and rabbinic literatures. This development is the focus of the present study. In particular, it examines the monsters Leviathan and Behemoth, showing that the postbiblical...
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Whitney, K. William, Jr. Two strange beasts : Leviathan and Behemoth in Second Temple and early rabbinic Judaism / K. William Whitney, Jr. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2006. 1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Harvard Semitic monographs ; no. 63 Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-197) and indexes. The ancient myth of a battle between a Divine Warrior and a primordial monster undergoes significant development in postbiblical and rabbinic literatures. This development is the focus of the present study. In particular, it examines the monsters Leviathan and Behemoth, showing that the postbiblical and rabbinic traditions about them are derived from ancient sources that are not all preserved in the biblical texts. In the Apocalypse of Abraham and the Ladder of Jacob, the monster Leviathan is placed at the juncture of heaven and the underworld. This cosmological focus appears in rabbinic literature in traditions concerning Behemoth, Leviathan, and the world rivers, and concerning Leviathan as the foundation of the axis mundi. These originate in the Divine Warrior's enthronement upon the vanquished chaos dragon. A second role in which Leviathan and Behemoth appear in postbiblical literature is as food for the eschatological banquet. Whitney studies this in a variety of sources, among them 4 Ezra 6:47-52, 2 Apocalypse of Baruch 29:4, and 1 Enoch 60:7-9, 24, and a number of rabbinic texts. In one tradition, the battle between God and monster becomes an angelic hunt, described by the Greek word kynegesia. This sometimes referred to battles between beasts in the arena, and in a variant tradition Leviathan battles Behemoth in a fight to the death before the banquet. The \'food for the righteous\' motif possibly stems from the introduction of hunting imagery into the combat myth: the prevalence of hunting banquets gave rise to the expectation that these monsters, the prey in a divine hunt, would feed the righteous at the end of time. Preliminary Material / K. William Whitney -- The Chaoskampf in Modern Scholarship / K. William Whitney -- Leviathan and Behemoth in Second Temple Judaism / K. William Whitney -- Leviathan and Behemoth In Rabbinic Judaism / K. William Whitney -- The Roots of the Leviathan and Behemoth Traditions / K. William Whitney -- Bibliography / K. William Whitney -- Index of Scholars / K. William Whitney -- Index of Biblical and Related Citations / K. William Whitney -- Index of Rabbinic Citations / K. William Whitney. Leviathan. Behemoth. Theomachy in the Bible. Apocryphal books (Old Testament) Criticism, interpretation, etc. Apocalyptic literature History and criticism. Rabbinical literature History and criticism. Judaism History Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. Apocalyptic literature. fast Apocryphal books (Old Testament) fast Behemoth. fast Judaism Post-exilic period (Judaism) fast Leviathan. fast Rabbinical literature. fast Theomachy in the Bible. fast Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast History. fast 586 B.C.-210 A.D fast 1-57506-914-8 Harvard Semitic Monographs 63. |
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Preliminary Material / The Chaoskampf in Modern Scholarship / Leviathan and Behemoth in Second Temple Judaism / Leviathan and Behemoth In Rabbinic Judaism / The Roots of the Leviathan and Behemoth Traditions / Bibliography / Index of Scholars / Index of Biblical and Related Citations / Index of Rabbinic Citations / |
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Preliminary Material / The Chaoskampf in Modern Scholarship / Leviathan and Behemoth in Second Temple Judaism / Leviathan and Behemoth In Rabbinic Judaism / The Roots of the Leviathan and Behemoth Traditions / Bibliography / Index of Scholars / Index of Biblical and Related Citations / Index of Rabbinic Citations / |
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