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Some [[Christians]] believe that Leviathan was a [[dragon]] or [[dinosaur]] (probably a [[Plesiosaurus]]), other sources speculate that it was a [[crocodile]] or a [[whale]]. In ''[[Moby Dick]]'', the [[narrator]] Ishmael often uses the word leviathan to refer to whales. | Some [[Christians]] believe that Leviathan was a [[dragon]] or [[dinosaur]] (probably a [[Plesiosaurus]]), other sources speculate that it was a [[crocodile]] or a [[whale]]. In ''[[Moby Dick]]'', the [[narrator]] Ishmael often uses the word leviathan to refer to whales. | ||
| − | ''Leviathan'' is also the name of a book written in the seventeenth century by [[Thomas Hobbes]]. In it he reflects on the need for strong central [[government]].<ref>[ | + | ''Leviathan'' is also the name of a book written in the seventeenth century by [[Thomas Hobbes]]. In it he reflects on the need for strong central [[government]].<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3207 Full text of Hobbes's Leviathan]</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 18:06, September 26, 2018
Leviathan is a monstrous, aquatic animal mentioned in Isaiah, Psalms and Job, also in 2 Esdras of the Apocrypha.
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Job 41:1
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. Isaiah 27:1
Some Christians believe that Leviathan was a dragon or dinosaur (probably a Plesiosaurus), other sources speculate that it was a crocodile or a whale. In Moby Dick, the narrator Ishmael often uses the word leviathan to refer to whales.
Leviathan is also the name of a book written in the seventeenth century by Thomas Hobbes. In it he reflects on the need for strong central government.[1]
