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…
Are Milton's Paradise Lost, Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense program, our culture's fascination with UFOs and alien abductions, and Louis Farrakhan's views on racial Armageddon somehow linked? In Children of Ezekiel Michael Lieb reveals the connections between these p…
Are Milton's Paradise Lost, Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense program, our culture's fascination with UFOs and alien abductions, and Louis Farrakhan's views on racial Armageddon somehow linked? In Children of Ezekiel Michael Lieb reveals the connections between these p…
In Seeking Ezekiel, David J. Halperin argues that the biblical Book of Ezekiel provides substantial information about its author's psychology and reveals his personality in considerable depth. Psychoanalytic investigation of the book yields a coherent portrait of its author: a m…
Exodus, old and new (20:1-44) -- The sword of Damocles (21:1-37 [20:45-21:32]) -- Jerusalem : the inside story (22:1-31) -- Chronic nymphomania (23:1-49) -- Two fateful days (24:1-27) -- Palestinian scores to be settled (25:1-17) -- Reassurances that Tyre would fall (26:1-12) --…
Compared to Isaiah and Jeremiah, the two other major biblical prophets, Ezekiel is perhaps the most misunderstood and challenging Hebrew prophet. This is particularly true in Ezekiel 21-37 where the prophet's visions and prophecies take us into heavenly realms, completely unchar…
Block's work on the Book of Ezekiel is part of The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. This commentary devotes considerable care to achieving a balance between technical information and homiletic-devotional interpretation.
