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Some scholars have argued that the Book of Revelation incorporates imagery from ancient mythology.
According to the New American Bible, the image in Revelation 12: 1-6 of a pregnant woman in the sky, threatened by a dragon, " corresponds to a widespread myth throughout the ancient world that a goddess pregnant with a savior was pursued by a horrible monster ; by miraculous intervention, she bore a son who then killed the monster ".
Bernard McGinn suggests that the image of the two Beasts in Revelation stems from a " mythological background " involving the figures of Leviathan and Behemoth.

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