Main description: Casey A. Strine explores how the book of Ezekiel uses formulaic language from the exodus origin tradition - especially YHWH's oath- to craft an identity for the Judahite exiles that refutes an autochthonous origin tradition preferred by the non-exiled Judahites…
Ezekiel and the Leaders of Israel explores the attitudes expressed in the Book of Ezekiel towards the various different leadership groups within Judean society: the monarchy, the priests and Levites, the prophets, and the lay leadership (including zeqenim, sarim and other ruling…
"In this broad-ranging inquiry into ritual and its relation to place, Jonathan Z. Smith prepares the way for a new approach to the comparative study of religion. Smith stresses the importance of place--in particular, constructed ritual environments--to a proper understanding of …
To many readers the book of Ezekiel is a hopeless riddle. However, if we take the time to study it, we will discover that despite the strangeness of the man and his utterances this is the most clearly organized of the major prophetic books. If we persist, we will also discover t…
Sven Petry schaltet sich in die Monotheismusdebatte ein, die in der alttestamentlichen Forschung seit knapp drei Jahrzehnten wieder lebhaft geführt wird. Aufbauend auf dem im Rahmen dieser Debatte erreichten Erkenntnisstand weist er die Entwicklung der JHWH-Verehrung von der fak…
General introduction -- Preface of Jerome -- Homily 1: the vision of the prophet (Ezekiel 1:1-6; 2:1ff.) -- Homily 2: against the false prophets (Ezekiel 13:1-19) -- Homily 3: against the false prophets and elders (Ezekiel 13:1, 17-22; 14:1-8) -- Homily 4: the famine and the fer…
