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Evidence of a seas monster myth in Genesis 1? Even fundi scholars admit so(?)!

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Genomicus
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05-13-2016 4:06 PM 		Reply to: Message 5 by LamarkNewAge
05-13-2016 3:58 PM

Re: O.k. my own words.
Well, this still isn't really a very significant "issue."
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The Canaanite word translated Leviathon was ltn (see google book for parallel Ugaritic text and translation). Some debate if these are the same thing.
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Okay. Who cares if they refer to the same mythological organism?
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I don't think it's any surprise that there exist different interpretations of ancient texts. So the significance of this is..?
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