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Exile, Incorporated - The Body in the Book of Ezekiel

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In Exile, Incorporated, author Rosanne Liebermann argues that the biblical book of Ezekiel makes rhetorical use of the human body to construct a specific in-group identity for its ancient Judean audience--namely Judeans who experienced forced migration to Babylon in the sixth century BCE. As Liebermann shows, Ezekiel encourages certain bodily practices within this group that identifies them as "true" Judeans, while also evoking feelings of disgust regarding the bodies of those who do not conduct such practices. In this way, Ezekiel encouraged an isolationist Judean identity that could survive displacement from the homeland.

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  • Chapter 1: Introduction

  • Chapter 2: Exiled Bodies, Ezekiel's Bodies

  • Chapter 3: Foreign Bodies

  • Chapter 4: Women's Bodies

  • Chapter 5: Sublime Bodies

  • Chapter 6: Hearts of Flesh

  • Chapter 7: Conclusion



About the author

Rosanne Liebermann is Assistant Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at Aarhus University in Denmark. She holds a PhD in Near Eastern Studies from Johns Hopkins University and a BA in Theology from the University of Oxford.

Summary

Exile, Incorporated: The Body in the Book of Ezekiel demonstrates how the book of Ezekiel makes rhetorical use of the human body to construct an exile-centred Judean identity. This focus on the body is inextricable from the book's setting in the Judean exile to Babylonia during the sixth-century BCE. In such a context of upheaval, all that the displaced group reliably retains are their bodies. Even so, the material surroundings of those bodies change completely, calling into question previously accepted ways of being.

Author Rosanne Liebermann reveals how the book of Ezekiel holds acute awareness of this situation, evoking bodily practices and embodied experiences that serve to construct a Judean identity based on existence outside of the land of Judah. This identity excludes both non-Judeans as well as the Judeans who remained in Judah. The book of Ezekiel achieves this exclusion via descriptions of bodily practices--including circumcision, dress, and the observance of a cultic calendar--that distinguish its constructed in-group of exiled Judeans from outsiders. Ezekiel also evokes the embodied emotion of disgust regarding the bodies of those with "outsider" practices, which in turn encourages the practice of segregation and endogamy within the in-group. Focusing on the bodies depicted in the book of Ezekiel also highlights how the text presents hierarchies within the exilic Judean group, which itself contains bodies differentiated by gender and priestly or non-priestly descent. Reading the text in this way reveals how the book of Ezekiel constructs a model of a variegated community able to embody a Judean identity that not only survived but was based on life outside of the land of Judah.

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In this meticulous, illuminating study of Ezekiel, Liebermann uses the body as a new point of entry into a notorious biblical book, uncovering fresh and compelling readings of prophecy, gender, identity, and exile. Exile, Incorporated is a valuable resource for readers interested in embodiment, dress and adornment, and identity formation, as well as the Hebrew prophets more broadly.

Product details

Authors Rosanne Liebermann, Rosanne (Assistant Professor Liebermann
Publisher Oxford University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 02.08.2024
 
EAN 9780197690840
ISBN 978-0-19-769084-0
No. of pages 240
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity

Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / Prophets, Old Testaments

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