Laying Og to rest: Deuteronomy 3 and the making of a myth
This paper explores the interpretative decisions which have allowed commentators to connect King Og and his iron bed in Deuteronomy 3 to the underworld, and hence to interpret Og as an underworld deity and his iron bed as a sarcophagus or tomb. Ultimately, it is shown that this interpretation rests...
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Pontificio Istituto Biblico
2017
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