After Ezekiel

Essays on the Reception of a Difficult Prophet

Paul M. Joyce, Andrew Mein, Paul M. Joyce, Andrew Mein

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9780567197856
• eBook ISBN:
  9780567036797
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Ezekiel has long been considered the most difficult of all the prophetic books to understand. The prophet's bizarre visions, extraordinary behaviour, and extravagant imagery have perplexed and fascinated readers for more than 2,500 years. The prophet has had an impact not only on theology and the life of Church and Synagogue, but also on culture, art and architecture. The volume brings together 15 new essays on Ezekiel's impact by leading scholars, and they focus on a range of different parts of the book and periods of reception. Historically they cover the reception of Ezekiel from the New Testament to the present day, and include both Jewish and Christian readings of the book. Methodologically, they offer a wide sample of the different approaches to reception/history of interpretation current in contemporary biblical studies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• Illustrations
• Abbreviations
• Contributors
• Chapter 1 EZEKIEL IN THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
• Chapter 2 THE PROBLEM OF EZEKIEL IN TALMUDIC LITERATURE
• Chapter 3 SHEPHERD, VINE AND BONES: THE USE OF EZEKIEL IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
• Chapter 4 EZEKIEL AND THE BOOK OF REVELATION
• Chapter 5 ADAM OR SATAN? THE IDENTITY OF THE KING OF TYRE IN LATE ANTIQUITY
• Chapter 6 THE RECEPTION OF EZEKIEL AMONG TWELFTH-CENTURY NORTHERN FRENCH RABBINIC EXEGETES
• Chapter 7 JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL, SYNONYMS OR ANTONYMS? JEWISH EXEGESIS OF EZEKIEL’S PROPHECIES AGAINST JERUSALEM
• Chapter 8 READING EZEKIEL, SEEING CHRIST: THE EZEKIEL CYCLE IN THE CHURCH OF ST. MARIA AND ST. CLEMENS, SCHWARZRHEINDORF
• Chapter 9 HALFWAY BETWEEN GENESIS AND APOCALYPSE: EZEKIEL AS MESSAGE AND PROOF FOR NEW WORLD CONVERTS
• Chapter 10 EZEKIEL’S WOMEN IN CHRISTIAN INTERPRETATION: THE CASE OF EZEKIEL 16
• Chapter 11 THE MEANING OF THE MARK: NEW LIGHT ON EZEKIEL 9 FROM THE HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION
• Chapter 12 OF PURITANS AND PROPHETS: COTTON MATHER’S INTERPRETATION OF EZEKIEL IN THE BIBLIA AMERICANA
• Chapter 13 WILLIAM BLAKE AND EZEKIEL’S MERKABAH
• Chapter 14 EZEKIEL, UFOS AND THE NATION OF ISLAM
• Bibliography
• Index of References
• Index of Authors