Behemoth’s Penis, Yahweh’s Might: Competing Bodies in the Book of Job
The poetic description of Behemoth in Job 40 makes use of a literary technique for describing the body known as the was.f, elsewhere found most famously in biblical literature in the descriptions of the lovers in the Song of Songs (4.1-7; 5.11-16; 6.4-7; 7.2-10). In a was.f, body parts are systemati...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2022
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2022, Volume: 46, Issue: 3, Pages: 339-357 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Bible. Ijob 40
/ Song of Songs
/ Metaphor
/ Body
/ Poetics (Motif)
/ Behemoth
/ Job Biblical character
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Job 40
B transformed was.f B penis size B Behemoth B divine embodiment |
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