Ezekiel 20: a new redaction-critical analysis
Ezekiel 20 presents one of the most striking oracles in prophetic literature. Within the setting of an inquiry of the prophet by the elders of Israel in Babylon, the prophet rehearses a highly idiosyncratic and radically negative narrative of Israel's early history. Particularly unprecedented a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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HUC
2020
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Hebrew Union College annual
Year: 2019, Volume: 90, Pages: 1-25 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Ezechiel 20
/ Interpretation of
/ Image of Israel
/ Historiography (Motif)
/ Exodus tradition
/ Desert (Motif)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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| Summary: | Ezekiel 20 presents one of the most striking oracles in prophetic literature. Within the setting of an inquiry of the prophet by the elders of Israel in Babylon, the prophet rehearses a highly idiosyncratic and radically negative narrative of Israel's early history. Particularly unprecedented are the assertions that the second exodus generation sinned in the wilderness just as did the first generation, and that YHWH determined the future exile in response to this. Further, it is asserted that YHWH gave Israel bad laws that would decimate them, including the sacrifice of firstborn children. The oracle concludes with the eschatological promise of a reconstitution of Israel in the land, but only after the rebellious Israelites, who want to remain in the diaspora, are forcibly brought into the wilderness and eliminated. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College annual
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15650/hebruniocollannu.90.2019.0001 |