Egypt as a Monster in the Book of Ezekiel / Safwat Marzouk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marzouk, Safwat, author.

Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 76.

Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe, 1611-4914 ; 76

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt--Historical geography.

Egypt.

Egypt--Ezekiel.

Bible. Ezekiel--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible--Geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1. Aufl.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Safwat Marzouk nimmt Bezug auf die Ungeheuer Theorie und das antike nahöstliche Motiv des »Chaoskampfs« und zeigt, dass der paradoxe Charakter der Kategorie des Untiers der Grund ist, warum Ägypten im Buch Ezechiel als Seeungeheuer dargestellt wird.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One - History of Scholarship: The Monstrification of Egypt in Ezekiel in Light of the Exodus Tradition and the Historio-Political Context of the Sixth Century BCE""; ""I. Chaoskampf, Exodus and Egypt as a Monster""; ""A. Preliminary Remarks on Chaoskampf in Biblical Scholarship""; ""B. Chaoskampf and the Nations in the Old Testament""; ""C. The Monstrification of Egypt and the Exodus Tradition""; ""D. The Monstrification of Egypt and the Exodus Tradition Revisited""; ""E. Summary""

""II. Beyond Political Alliance""""A. The Historio-Political Situation of the Levant Prior to the Babylonian Exile""; ""B. The Political Alliance Between Judah and Egypt Prior to the Babylonian Exile as an Explanation for the Severe Judgment of Egypt in Ezekiel Scholarship""; ""C. Beyond the Political Alliance""; ""III. Summary""; ""Chapter Two - Monster Theory""; ""I. A Definition of the Monster""; ""II. The Monster as an Other""; ""A. The Monster and the Body ""; ""B. Body and Identity""; ""C. Embodying the Monster""; ""D. Body and Punishment""

""IV. Complete Annihilation versus Putting the Monster Under Check""""V. Summary""; ""Chapter Four - Egypt as a Monstrous Double in Ezekiel 20 and 23""; ""I. The Significance of Describing Israel and Egypt with Similar Language in Ezekiel""; ""A. Jerusalem's המון and Egypt's המון""; ""B. Scattering and Gathering Israel and Egypt""; ""C. "A Mighty Hand and Outstretched Arm"""; ""D. Summary ""; ""II. Egypt as Israel's Monstrous Double in the Revisionist Histories of Ezekiel 20 and 23""; ""A. Idolatry and Adultery as Impurities: Transgression of Boundaries""

""B. Worshiping Egyptian Idols as a Marker for Boundary Transgression: Ezekiel 20""""C. The Adultery Metaphor: Nudity as a Shared Element of Identity between Egypt and Israel""; ""D. Summary""; ""III. Idolatry and Adultery as Primordial and Resurgent Chaos""; ""A. Egypt's Chaos as Primordial in Israel's History""; ""B. The Chaos that Egypt Represents is Resurgent""; ""IV. Summary""; ""Chapter Five - Egypt as the Abject: Embodying Egypt as a Monster and the Dismemberment of Its Body""; ""I. Embodying Egypt as a Monster""

""A. Ascribing the Body of a Monster to Pharaoh in Ezekiel 29:1-3 and 32:1-2""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-16-153628-2