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Was it a gigantic crocodile? Or perhaps a whale? But what if it was a dragon? Or, who knows, maybe a gigantic sea serpent? As you probably anticipated, all these questions with uncertain answers refer to another rare creature described in the pages of the Bible: Leviathan.

In comparison to other strange beings in the Holy Scripture, this one enjoys a unique privilege. It is extensively described in an entire chapter – 41 – of the Book of Job. Of course, there are a few references to this monster. Reviewing them, we will rediscover that kind of ambiguity we noted in a previous article in the case of the gigantic being that swallowed the prophet John. An ambiguity which, however, is allowed by the author of the Holy books of the Bible, God, not to leave us in confusion, but, on the contrary, to challenge and guide our minds, thirsty for truth, towards the symbolic, i.e. spiritual meaning of this creature. …

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