{"id":979,"date":"2021-05-17T14:12:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T13:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdensdragonsdens\/?page_id=979"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:08:40","slug":"the-serpents-of-the-bible-and-its-apocrypha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/biblical-den\/the-serpents-of-the-bible-and-its-apocrypha\/","title":{"rendered":"The Serpents of the Bible and Its Apocrypha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/biblical-den\/the-serpents-of-the-bible-and-its-apocrypha\/septuagint-genesis\/\">Genesis<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/biblical-den\/the-serpents-of-the-bible-and-its-apocrypha\/septuagint-isiah\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1037 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/files\/2021\/05\/Destruction_of_Leviathan-241x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/575\/2021\/05\/Destruction_of_Leviathan-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/575\/2021\/05\/Destruction_of_Leviathan.png 504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/biblical-den\/the-serpents-of-the-bible-and-its-apocrypha\/septuagint-isiah\/\">Isiah<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/biblical-den\/the-serpents-of-the-bible-and-its-apocrypha\/jeremiah\/\">Jeremiah<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/biblical-den\/the-serpents-of-the-bible-and-its-apocrypha\/psalms\/\">Psalms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/biblical-den\/the-serpents-of-the-bible-and-its-apocrypha\/septuagint-job\/\">Job<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/biblical-den\/the-serpents-of-the-bible-and-its-apocrypha\/1049-2\/\">Mark<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/biblical-den\/the-serpents-of-the-bible-and-its-apocrypha\/luke\/\">Luke<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/biblical-den\/the-serpents-of-the-bible-and-its-apocrypha\/acts\/\">Acts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/biblical-den\/the-serpents-of-the-bible-and-its-apocrypha\/revelation\/\">Revelation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/biblical-den\/the-serpents-of-the-bible-and-its-apocrypha\/septuagint-bel-and-the-dragon\/\">Septuagint: Bel and the Dragon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genesis Isiah Jeremiah Psalms Job Mark Luke Acts Revelation Septuagint: Bel and the Dragon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2351,"featured_media":0,"parent":302,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sidebar-boxed-feature-img.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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