Ezekiel: A Commentary (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

The publication starts off with an intensive creation to the most severe questions that come up in reference to the publication of Ezekiel. It covers the historical-critical schedule but additionally contains more recent techniques and questions, akin to mental matters and the thought that Ezekiel might be considered as a ‘character' in the booklet. The emphasis is at the perception that many various varieties of questions might illumine a textual content like Ezekiel. The remark treats all of the chapters of the e-book of Ezekiel in flip. The chapter-by-chapter remark summarizes the most issues of the bankruptcy and increases the most serious concerns that come up on the subject of the bankruptcy, ahead of continuing to exact exegesis.

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T h e c o n te x t o f th e m i n i s t r y o f E z e okay ie l in e a r ly s ix th - c e n tu r y M e s o p o t a m i a ( s e e the " T i m e a n d P l a c e ” se c tio n , a b o v e ) is a s i tu a t io n b e s e t w i t h p r o f o u n d th e o lo g ic a l q u e s t i o n s p o s e d b y th e B a b y l o n i a n c r is is . J u d a h h a d lo st h e r land, a n d w ith it, it s e e m e d , h e r s ta tu s a s the c h o s e n p e o p le o f YHWH. S h e h a d b e e n s t r i p p e d o f h e r c ity , h e r te m p le , a n d o f n o t o n e b u t t w o okay in g s. W i t h all th e s e e l e m e n t s o f identification e n t i t y r e m o v e d , it really is h a r d l y s u r p r is i n g t h a t p r o f o u n d th e o lo g ic a l q u e s t i o n s w e r e raised. T h e f a te o f t h e c o m m u n i t y f o r m e d a c e n tra l a n d in d is ­ p e n s a b le p a r t o f I s r a e l’s religion in h e r G o d . H a d Y h w h h i m s e l f b e e n d e f e a t e d b y t h e B a b y lo n ia n g o d s ? It d o e s s e e m th a t s o m e t h o u g h t o f im p e r ia l c o n q u e s t in te r m s o f the v a n q u i s h i n g o f lo c a l g o d s b y th e i m p e r i a l g o d s , a n d w e h a v e e v i d e n c e t h a t a n u m b e r o f J u d a h i t e s within the e a r ly s ix th c e n t u r y in f a c t e m b r a c e d the w o r s h i p o f g o d s o t h e r t h a n Y HWH ( E z e ok eight; cf. J e r four four :1 eight ) . S o m e m a n a g e d to h o l d o n to th e b e l i e f th a t Y h w h w a s p o w e r f u l a n d in d e e d w a s re s p o n s ib l e for w h a t w a s h a p p e n i n g to t h e m ; a n d y e t , f o r m a n y o f th e se , p ro f o u n d q u e s tio n s w e r e r a is e d a b o u t th e j u s t i c e o f a g o d w h o c o u l d p e r m i t s u c h t h in g s (c f. E z e okay 18:29, " Y e t t h e h o u s e o f Israel s a y s , ' T h e w a y o f th e L o r d is u n f a i r ” ’). T o q u o t e J o h n A u s ti n B a ok e r : “ s o m e d r e w t h e s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d c o n c l u s i o n th a t t h e i r g o d w a s le s s p o w e r f u l th a n the fo re ig n g o d s ; o t h e r s d e c i d e d th a t h e w a s u n ju s t. In 18 E zekiel: A C o m m en ta ry b o t h c a s e s th e re s u lt w a s th a t th e n e r v e o f t h e i r r e li g io n w a s c u t. a n d th a t th e y los angeles p s e d into e i t h e r p a g a n i s m o r d e s p a i r " ( B a ok e r 1 nine 7 zero :3 zero ). T o o m a n y d is c u s s i o n s o f t h e e v e n t s o f d e f e a t a n d d e p o r t a t i o n b y th e B a b y ­ lo n ia n s r u s h o n to s p e a ok o f th e le s s o n s th a t Israel le a r n e d f r o m th e s e e x p e r i ­ e n c e s . a n d to s h o w h o w g r o w t h c a m e o u t o f s u f f e r i n g ; in s o d o i n g t h e y fail to t a okay e t h e d e p th o f t h e d i s a s t e r w it h fu ll s e r i o u s n e s s (e . g . W h i t l e y 19 five 7 a n d W i n t o n T h o m a s 19 6 1 ). T h i s c a t a s tr o p h e m i g h t w ell h a v e p r o v e d to b e the e n d o f Israel a s a r e li g io u s c o m m u n i t y .

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