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Leviathan (other)
Leviathan is a Biblical sea monster. Leviathan may also refer to: Entertainment and media Books * Leviathan (Hobbes book), ''Leviathan'' (Hobbes book), a 1651 book of political philosophy by Thomas Hobbes * Leviathan (Auster novel), ''Leviathan'' (Auster novel), a 1992 novel by Paul Auster * Leviathan (Westerfeld novel), ''Leviathan'' (Westerfeld novel), a 2009 novel by Scott Westerfeld * ''Leviathan'', a 1975 novel in ''The Illuminatus! Trilogy'' by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea * ''Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney'', a 1999 book by John Birmingham * ''Leviathan'', a 2007 book by Eric Jay Dolin about whaling * ''Leviathan, or The Whale'', a 2008 book by Philip Hoare * ''Leviathan and Its Enemies'', a 1995 manuscript by Samuel T. Francis published posthumously in 2016 Comics * Leviathan (2000 AD), ''Leviathan'' (2000 AD), by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli * Leviathan (comic book), ''Leviathan'' (comic book), by John Layman * Leviathan (comic strip), ''Leviathan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leviathan
Leviathan ( ; ; ) is a sea serpent demon noted in theology and mythology. It is referenced in several books of the Hebrew Bible, including Psalms, the Book of Job, the Book of Isaiah, and the pseudepigraphical Book of Enoch. Leviathan is often an embodiment of chaos, threatening to eat the damned when their lives are over. In the end, it is annihilated. Christian theologians identified Leviathan with the demon of the deadly sin '' envy''. According to Ophite diagrams, Leviathan encapsulates the space of the material world. In Gnosis, it encompasses the world like a sphere and incorporates the souls of those who are too attached to material things, so they cannot reach the realm of God's fullness beyond, from which all good emanates. In Hobbes, who draws on Job 41:24, Leviathan becomes a metaphor for the omnipotence of the state, which maintains itself by educating all children in its favour, generation after generation. This idea of an eternal power that 'feeds' on its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
