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Sometimes he is compared with [[Rahab]], who is especially associated with the Red Sea. Some scholars associated Tannin with [[Tiamat]], as it happened with Rahab. It is unclear in Jewish literature the differentiation between Tannin, Rahab, and [ | Sometimes he is compared with [[Rahab]], who is especially associated with the Red Sea. Some scholars associated Tannin with [[Tiamat]], as it happened with Rahab. It is unclear in Jewish literature the differentiation between Tannin, Rahab, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan Leviathan], but Tannin and Rahab are more easily confused one with the other. | ||
Tannin, as well as Rahab, was a name applied to Egypt after the exodus of the Israelites from that country. | Tannin, as well as Rahab, was a name applied to Egypt after the exodus of the Israelites from that country. |