Description
This book explains how Ezekiel uses formulaic language from the exodus origin tradition to craft an identity for the Judahite exiles that refutes an autochthonous origin tradition preferred by the non-exiled Judahites. The book addresses a number of key questions: the relationship between the exodus and patriarchal traditions, Ezekiel’s contribution to the development of monotheism, the date and setting of the book of Ezekiel, and Ezekiel’s apparent silence about the Babylonians.
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b. Form Critical Analysis
c. Public and Hidden Transcripts
Part One: The Meaning of the “As I Live” and “Lifted Hand” Formulae
Chapter Two: The Ancient Near Eastern Context for the Divine Oath
1. Ancient Near Eastern Comparative Study and the Book of Ezekiel
2. The Divine Oath in Egyptian Texts
3. The Divine Oath in Akkadian Texts
4. The Divine Oath in Ugaritic Texts
Excursus One: The Lifted Hand Formula and Akkadian našû-nadānu
1. Evidence for the “Lifted Hand” Formula as a Divine Oath
2. Difficulties Internal to the Hebrew Bible
3. Našû-nadānu: A New Potential Parallel
Chapter Three: Genre Analysis of the “As I Live” and “Lifted Hand” Formulae
2. Genre and the “As I Live” Formula
3. Genre and the “Lifted Hand” Formula
a. The “Lifted Hand” Formula and the Land Theme
b. The “Lifted Hand” Formula and the Punishment Theme
Chapter Four: Social and Literary Setting of the “As I Live” and “Lifted Hand” Formulae
1. Prolegomena: The Relationship between Num 13-14 and Ezekiel
2. Social Setting of the “As I live” Authenticating Element
3. Social Setting of the “Lifted Hand” Land Transfer Formula
4. Social Setting of the “Lifted Hand” Punishment Formula
5. Implications for Ezekiel’s Relationship to the Holiness Code
Excursus Two: The Meaning of the “Lifted Hand” Formula
Part Two: The Function of the “As I Live” and “Lifted Hand” Formulae
Chapter Five: The Intra-Judahite Polemics of Exile
1. The End of Yhwh’s Restraint: Ezek 5:5-17
a. Abraham Was One Man: Ezek 33:23-29
b. The Land of Sojourn: Ezek 20
c. Jacob and Esau: Ezek 35:1-36:15
d. Jerusalem’s Genealogy: Ezek 16:43-58
3. Ezekiel and the Formation of the Pentateuch
4. Ezekiel’s Fight for the Public Transcript
Chapter Six: The Inter-National Polemics of Exile
2. Divine Human Cooperation: Ezek 17:1-24
d. Hidden Transcript in Ezek 17
3. The True Shepherd: Ezek 34:1-16
4. Return of the King: Ezek 20:32-44
5. Ezekiel and Monotheism
6. Ezekiel and the Arts of Resistance
Chapter Seven: Summary and Conclusion
2. The Polemics of Exile as Identity Formation
3. Boundary Markers in Ezekiel
Appendix One: A Structural Analysis of the “As I Live” and “Lifted Hand” Passages
1. The “As I Live” Formula Passages
2. The “Lifted Hand” Formulae Passages
Part Two: The Function of the “As I Live” and “Lifted Hand” Formulae
Appendix One: A Structural Analysis of the “As I Live” and “Lifted Hand” Passages
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