God's Battle with the Monster: A Study in Biblical Imagery

Akkadian Albright Anat ANET Apophis appears Apsu arš Asag associated attāh Atum Baal Baal's Babylon battle beast Behemoth Bible biblical body chaos connotation cosmos creation crushed curse Dahood darkness death demon devourer discussion dragon earth earth-mound Egypt Egyptian El's enemy Enuma Enuma Elish Ereş expression drk God's gods Gunkel hayyām heaven Hebrew ḥll Horus Ibid Indra Israel jackal killed king Kronos Kumarbi Leviathan lion liwyātān Lord Marduk mayim means monster mountains myth mythical mythological Nahar nāḥāš nehärôt Ninurta noun Osiris parallel passages peten pierced plural poetic Pope primeval Psalms rabbîm Rahab Reed Sea reference released rivers says serpent Seth Sheol snake split open story suggested swallow symbol synonymous tannin tehom Teshub thôm Tiamat tion translation Ugaritic Ugaritic texts Velde verb victory Vritra waters word Yahweh yām yammîm Yhwh Zeus