Language:
English
Year of publication:
2017
Titel der Quelle:
Biblica
Angaben zur Quelle:
98,2 (2017) 161-172
Keywords:
Og,
;
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Hell Biblical teaching
;
Beds in literature
Abstract:
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 on an insufficient understanding of the extra-biblical sources, while the Bible itself never connects Og to a chthonic context. The interpretation of Og as an underworld deity is thus a scholarly construct which must be laid to rest, and with it Og, into his iron bed.
DOI:
10.2143/BIB.98.2.3217840
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