Lucifer, Leviathan, Lilith, and other Mysterious Creatures of the Bible

by Joel R. Soza

The bible is indeed a world of the strange and mysterious when it comes to the variety of creatures that are presented in its texts. These often times serve as images of good versus evil, or order versus chaos. Flat and narrowly myopic literal readings of the bible that at times lacks for imagination and creative insight to the bible’s occasional and amazingly metaphorical maze fall far short of what is needed to appreciate the full depth of the biblical world’s imagery. Therefore this work explores the meaning of the bible’s mysterious creatures with an emphasis on three creatures that all appear in the book of the prophet Isaiah: Lucifer (Isa 14:12), Leviathan (Isa 27:1), and Lilith (Isa 34:14). These mysterious creatures of the bible live on and can both inspire and cause fear. It is a marvelous mixed world of biblical metaphor and realism to be found in the likes of Lucifer, Leviathan, Lilith and the rest of the mysterious creatures that make a biblical appearance.

118 pages, Paperback

Published March 16, 2017

Reviews

[MKF · Rating 1 out of 5]

The thing I hated most was the author's lack of knowledge found in the introduction. He does his best to make Dracula satanic by changing the meaning of his name to be son of the devil. Dracula's actual name means son of Dracul and Dracul means dragon not devil. This made me question the validity of the rest of the book. Though the books information may not be as factial as I like it is a decent introduction to the so called monsters and creatures discussed and mentioned in the Bible.

[Daisy Pongratz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to read this book in class and was slightly intrigued t first, I was really wanting to learn more but eventually realized that the book was hard to follow. I feel like it jumped around a lot, or didn’t give enough information about each topic