Ezekiel 29-30 are the first two of four chapters that preserve a series of oracles against Egypt and her Pharaoh. As in the case of the oracles against the prince of Tyre, Ezekiel’s imagery of cosmic, non-human forces of chaos that resist God’s order frames Yahweh’s judgment of the hubris of Egypt. This episode therefore pays special attention to chaos and Leviathan imagery while referencing other symbols and metaphors that juxtapose Egypt’s deserved demise and Israel’s future restoration.
The episode is now live.
So the dragon isn’t Biblical evidence for a dinosaur???
Sorry. Had to be done.
you’re evil! 🙂
The linking of the serpent to the chaos monster is really cool. You know, if Gen. 1-3 was late, and that link had already been made in other passages that were already extant, that would have been really impactful to the readers.
Yes, it would. See this paper by Dick Averbeck (friend of mine):
https://www.academia.edu/14523308/Chaos_Kampf_in_the_Genesis_1-3
See pp. 247 and onward (the Gen 3 material begins on p. 252).