THE IDEA OF RETRIBUTION IN THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Chapter One: Introduction

1. General Introduction

2. The Thesis of Koch

3. Reactions and Further Discussion

4. Summary and Comments

5. Ezekiel and Retribution

6. A Note on the Approach Taken

7. Conclusion

Chapter Two: Covenant and Retribution (I)

1. Introduction

2. as a Marriage Covenant: Ez 16

2.1. Introductory Remarks

2.2. Ez 16:8

2.2.1. A Preliminary Note: Two Basic Approaches

2.2.2. Analysis

2.2.3. Summary

2.3. Ez 16:59-63

2.3.1. Analysis

2.3.2. Summary

2.4. Covenant and Retribution

2.5. Summary

3. as a Vassal Treaty: Ez 17:11-21

3.1. Introductory Remarks

3.2. Analysis

3.3. Covenant and Retribution

3.4. Summary

4. as a Future Covenant: Ez 20:37

4.1. Introductory Remarks

4.2. Analysis

4.3. Covenant and Retribution

4.4. Summary

5. Conclusion

Chapter Three: Covenant and Retribution (II)

1. Introduction

2. Ezekiel and Lev 26

3. Ez 4-6

3.1. Introductory Remarks

3.2. Ez 4

3.3. Ez 5

3.4. Ez 6

3.5. Summary

4. Ez 14:12-23

4.1. Introductory Remarks

4.2. Analysis

4.3. Summary

5. Ez 34:23-31

5.1. Introductory Remarks

5.2. Analysis

5.3. Ez 34:23-31 and Lev 26

5.4. Summary

6. Ez 37:24-28

6.1. Introductory Remarks

6.2. Analysis

6.3. Ez 37:24-28 and Lev 26

6.4. Summary

7. Conclusion

Chapter Four: Impurity and Retribution (I)

1. Introduction

2. Holiness and Purity: An Introduction

2.1. The Holiness Word Group

2.2. Basic Ideas of Holiness

2.3. Basic Ideas of Purity

2.4. Approaches to Purity and Impurity

2.4.1. Descriptive Approach

2.4.2. Explanatory Approach

3. Purity and Impurity in Ezekiel

3.1. Ritual Impurity

3.1.1. Food

3.1.2. Corpses

3.1.3. Menses

3.2. Moral Impurity

3.2.1. Sanctuary

3.2.2. Land

3.2.3. People

3.2.4. God's Holy Name

4. Profanation and Sanctification in Ezekiel

5. Conclusion

Chapter Five: Impurity and Retribution (II)

1. Introduction

2. The Temple Vision in Ez 8-11

2.1. Introductory Remarks

2.2. Disposal of Impurity

2.2.1. Introduction

2.2.2. Defilement of Temple

2.2.3. The Slaughter in Ez 9

2.2.3.1. The Penalty in General

2.2.3.2. The Penalty in Ezekiel

2.2.3.3. The Penalty as Control of Impurity

2.2.4. The Burning of the City in Ez 10

2.2.4.1. Fire as an Agent of Punishment

2.2.4.2. Fire as an Agent of Purification

2.2.4.3. Purification in Ez 10

2.3. Summary

3. Impurity and the Land

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Exile as Removal of Impurity

3.2.1. Ez 36:16-38

3.2.2. Ez 22:15 and Ez 39:23-24

3.3. Impurity and the Dispossession of the Land

3.4. Purification and Return to the Land

3.4.1. Ez 36:16-38

3.4.2. Ez 37:21-23 and Ez 11:18

3.5. Impurity and Non-Entrance to the Land

3.6. Summary

4. Conclusion

Chapter Six: Poetic Justice

1. Introduction

2. The Meaning of "Poetic Justice"

3. Poetic Justice in Ezekiel

3.1. Ez 5:5-17

3.2. Ez 6:1-14

3.3. Ez 7:20-21

3.4. Ez 11:1-13

3.5. Ez 12:17-20

3.6. Ez 12:21-25

3.7. Ez 12:26-28

3.8. Ez 13:10-16

3.9. Ez 13:17-23

3.10. Ez 16:1-43

3.11. Ez 34:7-10

4. Poetic Justice, Lex Talionis, and Justice

5. Poetic Justice and Dynamistic Thought

6. Expressions Suggesting Correspondences between Sin and Punishment

6.1. "I will put your way(s) on your head"

6.2. "I will judge you according to your way(s)"

6.3. "I will do as you have done"

7. Conclusion

Chapter Seven: Summary and Conclusions

Bibliography

Index of Authors Cited

Index of Biblical Texts