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1; Pss. 74; 89; cf. 49-52; Rev. 20). 4. Still others describe God's subduing of historical enemies who embody chaos (Exod. 1-18; Isa. 7; Ezek. 2-8 [all Egypt]; and Hab.

Yam) is added the theme of seasonal change and alternating seven-year periods of rain and drought (Baal vs. Mot). 1 While the pattern of this world maintenance myth varies slightly in terms of order from the Enuma elish, the major components are the same: battle, victory over chaos, judgment, kingship, and recreation. However, in the present form of the Baal Cycle, the pattern is partially repeated in the second half: defeat, battle, victory over death, judgment, enthronement, and recreation (resurrection).

W. Brueggeman; Atlanta: John Knox, 1975). 2. ANET, 68. 2. 20). 21). 6). 21). Indeed it was the recognition of the power inherent within language to create worlds or to destroy them that led to the designation of the sage as the 'silent one', that is one who used words prudently and with discretion. By contrast, the fool was the 'heated one' who spoke and acted presumptuously and without discretion (Prov. 27; cf. 23). Related to the metaphor of creation by word is the image of God breathing life into creation.

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