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The Oxford Handbook of Ezekiel provides introductions to the major trends in the scholarship of Ezekiel, one of the Bible's most debated books, from many of the leading scholars in the field. 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 (e.g., historical context, redactional layers, text criticism, use of other Israelite and near eastern traditions). Others focus on key themes in the book (e.g., temple, priesthood, law, politics), while still others look at the book's reception history and contextual interpretations (e.g., art, Christian use, gender approaches, postcolonial approaches, trauma theory). Taken together, these essays demonstrate the vibrancy of Ezekiel research in the twenty-first century.
List of contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- Ezekiel in the Twenty-first Century
- Corrine Carvalho, University of St. Thomas
- Ezekiel in Its Historical Context
- Marvin A. Sweeney, Claremont School of Theology
- The Mesopotamian Context of Ezekiel
- Daniel Bodi, University of Paris
- Ezekiel and Israel's Legal Traditions
- Michael A. Lyons, University of St. Andrews
- Ezekiel among the Prophetic Tradition
- Anja Klein, Edinburgh University
- Ezekiel and Israelite Literary Traditions
- Dexter E. Callender, University of Miami
- Text-Critical Issues in Ezekiel
- Timothy P. Mackie, Western Seminary
- Rhetorical Strategies in the Book of Ezekiel
- Dale Launderville, St. John's University
- Ezekiel as a Written Text: Archiving Visions, Remembering Futures
- Ian D. Wilson, University of Alberta
- Ezekiel among the Exiles
- Dalit Rom-Shiloni, Tel Aviv University
- Ezekiel and Politics
- Madhavi Nevader, University of St. Andrews
- Priests, Levites, and the Nasi: New Roles in Ezekiel's Future Temple
- Tova Ganzel, Bar Ilan University
- Ezekiel's Concept of Covenant
- John Strong, Missouri State University
- Ezekiel and the Foreign Nations
- C.L. Crouch, Radboud University Nijmegen and University of Pretoria
- Ezekiel and the Priestly Traditions
- Stephen L. Cook, Virginia Theological Seminary
- Communications of the Book of Ezekiel: From the Iron Wall to the Voice in the Air
- Soo J. Kim Sweeney, Central Baptist Theological Seminary (Kansas City, KS)
- Ezekiel in Christian Interpretation: Gog, Magog and Apocalyptic Politics
- Andrew Mein, University of St. Andrews
- Pastoral Appropriations of Ezekiel
- Steven Tuell, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
- Ezekiel in the Jewish Tradition
- Yedida Eisenstat, York University
- Where There's Fire There's Smoke: Text and Image in the Ezekiel Painting at Dura-Europos
- Margaret S. Odell, St. Olaf
- Ezekiel and Gender
- Amy Kalmanofsky, Jewish Theological Seminary
- Embodiment in Ezekiel
- Rhiannon Graybill, Rhodes College
- Ezekiel as Trauma Literature
- Ruth Poser, Philipps Universitat Marburg
- Uncertainties in First Contact? Ezekiel's Struggle Toward a "Comparative Gaze"
- Daniel L. Smith-Christopher, Loyola Marymount University
- Ezekiel's Map of Future Past
- Carla Sulzbach, McGill University
- Ezekiel Imperialized Geographies in the Nation Oracles
- Steed Vernyl Davidson, McCormick Theological Seminary
- Ezekiel's Tangible Ethics: Physicality in the Moral Rhetoric of Ezekiel
- Corrine Carvalho, University of St. Thomas
About the author
Corrine Carvalho is Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Her research is primarily on exilic texts (Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Lamentations) and she is currently working on a commentary on Ezekiel. She is an active member of both the Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association, and currently serves as General Editor of The Catholic Biblical Quarterly.
Summary
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.
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This Handbook provides introductions to the major trends in the scholarship of Ezekiel, covering its history, current state, and emerging directions.
