that sing when God lays the foundations of creation. Various speakers allude to ancient myths about Yam (the Sea), Tannin, and Rahab the sea monsters. There is considerable use of poetic imagery drawn from various understandings of the place of the dead. Much of this is difficult to understand because we have an inadequate knowledge of the various forms and developments of these myths in the different communities that passed them down over hundreds of years. What is clear is that Job and his friends