Playing with Leviathan: Interpretation and Reception of Monsters from the Biblical World

Contents
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Introduction
Part 1 Ancient Near East
	Chapter 1 The Leviathan in the Ancient Near East
Part 2 Old Testament
	Chapter 2 God and the Dragons in the Book of Isaiah
	Chapter 3 As a Fish on Dry Land Some Remarks on Tannîn in Ezekiel
	Chapter 4 “Is Your Rage Against the Rivers, Your Wrath Against the Sea?” Storm-God Imagery in Habakkuk 3
	Chapter 5 The Monster as a Toy Leviathan in Psalm 104:26
	Chapter 6 “Fantastic Beasts and Where to FindThe(ir Wisdo)m” Behemoth and Leviathan in the Book of Job
Part 3 Early and Rabbinic Judaism
	Chapter 7 Leviathan on the Menu of the Messianic Meal The Use of Various Images of Leviathan in Early Jewish Tradition
Part 4 New Testament and Early Christianity
	Chapter 8 Romans 16:17–20a: Imminent Danger and Victory
	Chapter 9 The Air Combat between Michael and the Dragon Revelation 12:7–12 in Relation to Similar Texts from the New Testament
	Chapter 10 Leviathan and the Monsters in Revelation
Part 5 Theological Reflections
	Chapter 11 God and the Suffering of Animals
	Chapter 12 “God Deals More Roughly with His Creature thanWe Would Like” Leviathan in the Work of Arnold A. van Ruler
	Chapter 13 Modern Political Society as Leviathan Interpretation and Application of Thomas Hobbes’ Use of a Biblical Symbol
	Chapter 14 The Dragon / Snake in Myth, Religion and MissionFear of Death Defeated by the Message of Life
Part 6 Iconographic Representations
	Chapter 15 A Glimpse of the Beast Leviathan in Late Medieval and Early Modern Art
	Chapter 16 Incarnations of Death: Leviathan in the Movies
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Geographical and Personal Names
Index of Subjects
Index of Modern Authors