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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture For the biblical material there is an overview in John Day, *God's Conflict with the Dragon and the Sea: Echoes of a Canaanite Myth in the Old Testament * (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications 35), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. For a quick and dirty start on these kinds of things it is usually helpful to check the comments on each of the relevant biblical verses in Cornelius a Lapide, *Commentaria in sacram scripturam* (Paris: Vivès, 1866-75 was the last ed.), which will often indicate the principal patristic commentaries on the passages and the general lines of traditional interpretation. Robert Kaske's *Medieval Christian Literary Imagery: A Guide to Interpretation* (Toronto medieval bibliographies 11), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988, is a marvellous guide to medieval resources for tracing this kind of theme. You might also try the *Dictionary of Biblical Imagery*, Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press, 1998, and other things like it. -- Paul On 27 October 2010 06:40, Cormack, Margaret Jean <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Greetings all, > I'm wondering if anyone knows of any studies of Leviathan and how it was > interpreted in the Middle Ages? > I have an interested student (who wants to compare it to the > midgard-serpent!) and we're not sure where > to start. > Meg > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > -- Paul Chandler, O.Carm. Holy Spirit Seminary | PO Box 18 (487 Earnshaw Road) | Banyo Qld 4014 | Australia office: (07) 3246 9888 | home: (07) 3246 9894 [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html