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Storm, Sea, and Dragon
Why does biblical poetry describe Yahweh with imagery once associated with the Levant’s storm gods and their battles against Sea and dragon?
Part II — Israel Emerges
Why does Yahweh fight like a storm god?
Why does biblical poetry describe Yahweh with imagery once associated with the Levant’s storm gods and their battles against Sea and dragon?
Ancient Levantine storm-god imagery survives in Israelite poetry as Yahweh commands storm, defeats Sea, crushes dragons, and takes over an inherited grammar of divine kingship.
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