Ezekiel

Henry McKeating

• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Year: 1993
• Print ISBN: 9781850754282
• eBook ISBN: 9780567546616
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

A much-neglected prophet, Ezekiel is nevertheless a key figure in Old Testament religion. Standing where he does, at the great crisis point of Israel's history, the exile, he confronts the basic questions, can the nation survive?, and, should it? Ezekiel represents the priestly strand in Israel's thinking, which lays such weight on the temple as the place of the presence of God. How can the nation be sustained when it has been deprived of its traditional place of worship? Ezekiel's reply is that the presence of God is still available, even in the land of exile, but that the presence is yet to be restored to its proper place in Jerusalem. Like the other volumes in the Old Testament Guides series, this compact study of Ezekiel will be much appreciated by the student turning to the study of the prophet for the first time.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Select List of Commentaries
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Structure of the Book
• 3. Ezekiel the Man
• 4. The History of Ezekiel Criticism: 1900–1950
• 5. The History of Ezekiel Criticism: The 1950s to the Present Day
• 6. The Dating Series
• 7. The Theology of Ezekiel
• 8. The Book of Ezekiel and Other Prophetic Traditions
• 9. The Final Vision: Ezekiel 40–48
• 10. Messianism in the Book of Ezekiel
• 11. The nāśî' in Ezekiel
• 12. Gog and Magog: Ezekiel 38–39
• Index of References
• Index of Authors