RT Article
T1 The Mesopotamian Context of Ezekiel
JF The Oxford handbook of Ezekiel
A1 Bodi, Daniel 1956-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1758196335
AB The book of Ezekiel explicitly locates its material in Babylon between the years 593 and 571 BCE. The book’s language and imagery correspond to that setting. This chapter surveys the rich research of the book’s Mesopotamian context in three areas: comparative cultural elements, iconography and imagery, and philological research. The abundance of the evidence demonstrates that the prophet’s activity took place mainly in Babylonia, influencing the language, metaphors, content, and rich imagery of the book that bears his name and is essential for reconstructing the book’s composition.
SN 9780190634544
K1 Ezekiel
K1 Babylonian Exile
K1 Akkadian
K1 Aramaic
K1 Iconography
K1 Mesopotamia
K1 Assyria
K1 Babylon
DO 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190634513.013.1