"Greek paprus codex 967 (p967) manifests a different edition of Ezekiel from the Hebrew Masoretic Text (MT). This study defines and uses a 'manuscript approach' to argue that p967 qualifies as a variant literary edition of Ezekiel. Methodologically, the approach is rooted in tex…
Das Ezechielbuch als Trauma-Literatur
by Poser, Ruth
fromSupplements to Vetus Testamentum
Das Ezechielbuch als Trauma-Literatur
by Poser, Ruth
fromSupplements to Vetus Testamentum
Introduction -- Opening and reading Ezekiel -- Text and provenance -- The translation of Ezekiel -- The language of Ezekiel -- The use and interpretation of Ezekiel -- Divisions in the text -- The Greek text and translation in this commentary -- Ezekiel : text of Codex vaticanus…
The first major commentary to focus on LXX Ezekiel in any modern language, this work, based on Codex Vaticanus and its paragraphing, seeks to understand the text as used by Greek readers. Included are transcription and English translation.
Review text: "The book provides not only a nuanced literary analysis of several chapters in Ezekiel but also a very useful synthesis of the history and culture of Tyre in the first millennium."Jacob L. Wright in: ReligiousStudies Review 3/2010.
The present study is devoted to an exact analysis of the Oracles against Tyre in the Book of Ezekiel, which are handed down in the Old Testament in Ez 26-28. The first main section locates the Old Testament text within literary history. The second section reconstructs the histor…
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…
"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 …
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…
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…