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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] GOSHEN was Micrayim vs Misr
  • Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 23:04:12 -0400

The sea "monster" לויתן LIVYATAN is possibly the לביא-אתן of the deep.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On May 2, 2013, at 10:43 PM, Uri Hurwitz wrote:

Karl,

> Rather, these are translated into fantastic
vague terms such as: Leviathan, dragon or behemoth.
All of which can be used to mean any fictitious
monster.


The sea monsters mentioned here are direct
borrowing from ancient Canaanite poetry as
preserved in Ugaritic.





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