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Supernal Serpent: Mysteries of Leviathan in Judaism and Christianity

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Supernal Serpent: Mysteries of Leviathan in Judaism and Christianity - Orlov, Andrei A
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Supernal Serpent is a wide-ranging study of Jewish and Christian traditions about Leviathan as the underworld's ruler, the foundation of the world, and the embodiment of evil. It explores the Leviathan tradition in its full historical and interpretive complexity through a broad variety of texts, ranging from ancient West Asian accounts to later rabbinic and Muslim sources, paying special attention to the imagery found in the Book of Job, the Book of Revelation, and the Apocalypse of Abraham. The book demonstrates that, in ...

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Supernal Serpent: Mysteries of Leviathan in Judaism and Christianity 2023, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780197684146

Hardcover