Abstract
In this article, special emphasis is laid on the correlation of storm theophanic imagery with the motifs of creation, wisdom and judgement in the depiction of Yahweh as creator-king and judge. With those elements in view, the first part of this article is devoted to a re-examination of Ps 104. It is noted that this Hebrew psalm, often compared with the Egyptian hymn to the god Aten, has more in common with the Babylonian idea of a mythological Chaoskampf resulting in creation. Accordingly, significant differences and similarities in the respective depictions of creation out of chaos are briefly noted. This close analysis and exegesis of Ps 104 provides the framework for discussion of other biblical texts, from wisdom and prophetic literature (especially Jeremiah), with the same themes and motifs considered in this work. Particular attention is given to the linkage between the effects of Yahweh's storm phenomena and his wisdom reflected in cosmological activities.