The Oxford Handbook of Ezekiel
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:5th Mar '24
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The current state of scholarship on the book of Ezekiel, one of the three Major Prophets, is robust. Ezekiel, unlike most pre-exilic prophetic collections, contains overt clues that its primary circulation was as a literary text and not a collection of oral speeches. The author was highly educated, the theology of the book is "dim," and its view of humanity is overwhelmingly negative. In The Oxford Handbook of Ezekiel, editor Corrine Carvalho brings together scholars from a diverse range of interpretive perspectives to explore one of the Bible's most debated books. Consisting of twenty-seven essays, the Handbook provides introductions to the major trends in the scholarship of Ezekiel, covering its history, current state, and emerging directions. After an introductory overview of these trends, each essay discusses an important element in the scholarly engagement with the book. Several essays discuss the history of the text (its historical context, redactional layers, text criticism, and use of other Israelite and near eastern traditions). Others focus on key themes in the book (such as temple, priesthood, law, and politics), while still others look at the book's reception history and contextual interpretations (including art, Christian use, gender approaches, postcolonial approaches, and trauma theory). Taken together, these essays demonstrate the vibrancy of Ezekiel research in the twenty-first century.
This Handbook provides introductions to the major trends in the scholarship of Ezekiel, covering its history, current state, and emerging directions. * Old Testament Abstracts *
This handbook successfully presents updated research on age-old critical issues and appropriates newer approaches to illuminate this oft-mystifying prophetic book. * Mark A. Awabdy, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *
This handbook successfully presents updated research on age-old critical issues and appropriates newer approaches to illuminate this oft-mystifying prophetic book. * Mark A. Awabdy, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *
This edited volume provides a fantastic overview of the existing scholarship on the book of Ezekiel without being too dense. As well as guiding the reader through the moretraditional, historical critical work required to understand the book of Ezekiel and its scholarship, this volume includes newer approaches to the text, such as queer readings, social-memory studies, postcolonialism, trauma hermeneutics, and communication studies. Overall, there is a good balance between presenting the interpretive work that has been done, demonstrating the authors' own new and innovative findings, and outlining hopes for the future of Ezekiel scholarship. As such, this volume is an absolute must for anyone teaching a course on Ezekiel, introducing a grad student to Ezekiel research, or conducting research on the book of Ezekiel. * Rosanne Liebermann, Review of Biblical Literature *
ISBN: 9780190634513
Dimensions: 250mm x 179mm x 42mm
Weight: 1179g
560 pages