Behemoth 베헤못 (욥기 40:15)

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Prof. Barbara Newman, Northwestern University
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Prof. Steven Goldsmith, University of California at Berkeley
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Prof. Robert Kiely, Harvard University
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Prof. David Daniell, University College London
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Prof. Gerald L. Bruns, University of Notre Dame
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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...a familiar understanding of Christian doctrine in historical perspective thus contributes to a fuller appreciation of Shakespeare's art, but Shakespeare's art

Prof. Roland M. Frye
from Shakespeare and the Christian Doctrine

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Prof. Ulrich Knoefplmacher, Princeton University
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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Prof. David Jasper and Prof. Stephen Prickett
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Behemoth 베헤못 (욥기 40:15)

성경구절

The Lord said to Job: “Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.” “이제 소같이 풀을 먹는 베헤못을 볼지어다 내가 너를 지은 것 같이 그것도 지었느니라.”

뜻

베헤못은 거대한 생물이나 물체이다.

기원과 적용

욥기에 언급된 베헤못은 하마나 코끼리로 믿어왔습니다. 하나님께서 욥의 고난에 대한 대답으로 베헤못을 은유적으로 사용하셨습니다. 만약 사람이 하나님이 만드신 거대한 짐승하나 통제하지 못하면서 하나님께 대적할 수 있을까요?

예시

Some couldn’t help asking what to do if the Armageddon [financial tsunami] that devastated US markets spread to Hong Kong, bringing the behemoth [HSBC] to its knees. -11 March 2009, The Hong Kong Standard 만약 홍콩에 널려있는 미국시장을 황폐하게 하고 베헤못[HSBC]의 기능을 마비시키는 아마겟돈 (금융 쓰나미)이 일어난다면 우리가 무엇을 해야할지 질문하지 않을 수 없다. -2009년 3월 11일, The Hong Kong Standard-

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