What Does the Bible Say about Dinosaurs?
I found this question, this passage, and these articles very interesting today. These articles refer to the description of the Behemoth in Job 40 as being a possible reference to dinosaurs in the Bible.
Here is how William Blake imagined the Behemoth and the Leviathan to be.
I had always thought of the Behemoth as a kind of bull-like creature, however, today when reading Job 40 I thought it sounded way more dinosaur-like with its tail swaying like a cedar. How intriguing the Behemoth and the Leviathan are! Blake depicts the Leviathan as a dragon-like creature and from the description in Job 41 it certainly sounds like one. Yet, I had always imagined the Leviathan to be a kind of mythical Loch Ness Monster-like creature due to its sea dwelling snake-like nature described in Psalm 104 and Isaiah 27.
What do you think they could be?
11 Comments:
Yes, I would go with the view that the Behemoth and Leviathan are probably Dinosaurs.
Whatever it is, the Behemoth is not a hippopotomus! I'm happy with it being a dinosaur.
But Leviathan is different:
Firebrands stream from his mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.
Smoke pours from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds. (Job 41:19-20)
That's not a dinosaur - that's a dragon!
That is so exciting! Wahoo! Dinosaurs and dragons in the Bible. How scary and interesting.
John, what makes you think that some Dinosaurs did not somehow breathe fire?
The notion of fire-breathing dragons came from somewhere.
God Bless
Matthew
Hey...a William Blake illustration! Haven't seen one of those for awhile.
I love Blakes illustrations. I have more here.
I think that there is a lot about the world that we take for granted - and a lot more that we don't know about!
;-)
I agree, Ellen.
I can't believe I wrote Blakes without using an apostrophe! What is wrong with me?
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Don't feel bad, a lot of people mis-use apostrophe's.
Yes, but obviously not you or I. Grrrrr!
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