Ezekiel 29:3 and Its Ancient Near Eastern Context.
The chief aim of this essay is to posit a well-known Mesopotamian royal and divine epithet, ušumgallu "great dragon," as the source behind Ezekiel's enigmatic description of Pharaoh in 29.3, hattanniīn hagga ādôl, "the great dragon." This relationship sheds new light and meaning on an old problem: w...
| Publicado en: | Vetus Testamentum Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 486 - 497 |
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2013
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