![]() ![]() ![]() The Leviathan of the Book of Job is a reflection of the older Canaanite Lotan, a primeval monster defeated by the god Baal Hadad. According to Ophite diagrams, the Leviathan encapsulates the space of the material world. Christian theologians identified Leviathan with the demon of the deadly sin envy. The Leviathan is often an embodiment of chaos and threatening to eat the damned after their life. ![]() It is referenced in several books of the Hebrew Bible, including Psalms, the Book of Job, the Book of Isaiah, the Book of Amos, and, according to some translations, in the Book of Jonah it is also mentioned in the Book of Enoch. ə θ ən/ liv- EYE-ə-thən Hebrew: לִוְיָתָן, romanized: Līvyāṯān) is a sea serpent noted in theology and mythology. The Destruction of Leviathan by Gustave Doré (1865) ![]()
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