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Ezekiel in context : Ezekiel's message understood in its historical setting of covenant curses and ancient Near Eastern mythological motifs / Brian Neil Peterson.
Van Pelt Library BS1545.52 P100 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peterson, Brian Neil, 1966-
- Series:
- Princeton theological monograph series ; 182.
- Princeton theological monograph series ; 182
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Ezekiel--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Ezekiel.
- Blessing and cursing in the Bible.
- Myth in the Bible.
- Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament.
- Middle Eastern literature.
- Covenants--Biblical teaching.
- Covenants.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 416 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, OR : Pickwick Publications, [2012]
- Summary:
- One of the most perplexing and misunderstood books of the Bible, Ezekiel has left many scholars and exegetes scratching their heads regarding its message, coherency, and interpretation. Brian Peterson's look at the book of Ezekiel as a unified whole set within an exilic context helps explain some of the more difficult symbolic aspects in the book and makes Ezekiel as a whole more intelligible. Drawing on ancient Near Eastern concepts and motifs such as covenant and treaty curses, the various gods that made up the Babylonian pantheon, and the position that Israel held as the people of Yahweh, Peterson enlightens readers by showing that Ezekiel can only be understood in its original context. By placing the book first in its historical context, Peterson demonstrates how the original hearers of its message would have understood it and how this message can be appreciated and applied by people today as well. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Methodology and Literary Technique 3
- 2 Gods Glory Revealed: The Awesome Deity Departs (Ezekiel 1-3, 8-11) 97
- 3 The Awesome Deity's Judgment (Ezekiel 16 & 23) 173
- 4 The Awesome Deity's Love: The Covenant Curses Reversed (Ezekiel 37 juxtaposed with 38-39) 226
- 5 The Awesome Deity Returns (Ezekiel 43; 48:35) 291
- 6 Conclusions and Implications 331.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis submitted to Wycliffe College and the Biblical Department of the Toronto School of Theology.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1608995240
- OCLC:
- 795742096
- Publisher Number:
- 99949493005
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