Brendan Graham Dempsey | God's Fight with the Dragon | The Hebrew Combat Myth @BrendanGrahamDempsey | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Having looked at other combat myths from the ancient Near East, here we turn to the tradition from ancient Israel, and note the continuity with earlier motifs. In ancient Israel, Yahweh is the mighty divine warrior storm god, and his enemies are Sea, Leviathan the dragon, and perhaps Death as well. I then consider the various political uses to which the combat myth was deployed as well as the cultic context in which it was celebrated as part of the ancient New Year festival in Israel.

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0:00 Introduction
0:34 God as Divine Warrior
1:22 No Complete Narrative
2:38 Yahweh vs. Sea
7:21 Yahweh vs. Leviathan
11:27 Yahweh vs. Draconic Helpers
12:06 Yahweh vs. Death?
13:41 Political Uses of the Hebrew Combat Myth
20:53 The Combat Myth in Hebrew Cult
24:24 The Divine Warrior Hymn in the Psalter
25:47 Enthronement Psalms and the Feast of Tabernacles