Lions, the Gods, and Ancient Israel

Lions were endemic to the Ancient Near East including in ancient Israel. In this video we build on part 1 that looked at lions as threats, their association with kings, and as guards and today we'll look at lions links with the gods and how ancient Israel did, and did not, borrow from their neighbors symbolic world with lions. These two episodes are just an overview and there is a ton of other material we didn't cover. If you're interested in learning more let us know in the comments, shoot us an e-mail, or reach out on social media. We've cited some sources here if you want to do some reading on your own as well!
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If you'd like to read more here are just a few of the sources we used in this video:
Brent Strawn, What is Stronger than a Lion? Leonine Image and Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East. Fribourg, Switzerland / Göttingen, Germany: Academic Press / Vandenhoeck Ruprecht, 2005.
Billie Jean Collins, ed. A History of the Animal World in the Ancient Near East. Leiden: Brill, 2002.
Chikako E. Watanabe, Animal Symbolism in Mesopotamia: A Contextual Approach. WOO Band 1. Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien, 2002.
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[@WhatYourPastorDidntTellYou]

I like the background in this one!

[@js1423]

Keep up the good work!

[@preogichia]

thank you

[@angelodcollazo]

11:05 Wow! This is so cool that David's self-described method of killing a lion is consistent with how Near Eastern Kings depicted themselves doing it. Since David goes on to say God saved him from the paw of the lion, do you think David's assertion of striking a lion dead while holding onto its mane is literal or figurative? (Also, what do we know about the bear?)

[@narrowistheway77]

Israel has no Lion Kings? Ummmm how about Jesus Christ the Lion of Judah who was the prophesied Messiah! 😳

[@BeneaththeBible]

Watch to the end of the video 😉