Ezekiel 1-20: A New Translation with Introduction and CommentaryVolume 22B Book Flap: Stephen L. Cook offers an accessible translation and interpretation of the final sections of Ezekiel. These chapters, the most challenging texts of scripture, describe the end-time assault of Gog of Magog on Israel and provide an incredible visionary tour of God's utopian temple. Following the approach of Moshe Greenberg, the author of the preceding Anchor Yale Bible commentaries on Exekiel, this volume grounds interpretation of the book in an intimate acquaintance with Ezekiel's source materials, its particular patterns of composition and rhetoric, and the general learned, priestly workings of the Ezekiel school. The commentary honors Greenberg's legacy by including insights from traditional Jewish commentators, such as Rashi, Kimhi, and Eliezer of Beaugency. In contrast to preceding commentaries, the book devotes special attention to the Zadokite idea of an indwelling, anthropomorphic "body" of God, and the enlivening effect on people and land of the indwelling. |
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Its Parts and Arrangement | 3 |
The Dates and the Historical Setting | 12 |
Holistic Interpretation | 18 |
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abominations Akkadian Amorite Amos ancient ANET³ appears Aramaic Babylon Babylonian Beaugency Bible biblical Book of Ezekiel Chebar cherubs Chron clause context covenant creatures declares Lord YHWH desolate Deut Deuteronomy divine doom echo Egypt Eliezer of Beaugency evil exile Exod expression Ezek Ezekiel face fathers figure fire formula God's hand heart Hebrew house of Israel idols II Kings iniquity interpretation Israelites Jehoiachin Jehoiakim Jeremiah Jerusalem Joüon Judah Kimḥi Kings land land of Israel lookout Majesty meaning medieval nations Nebuchadnezzar noun oath occurs oracle parallel passage phrase plural preceding priestly prophecy prophet Prov proverb Psammetichus II punishment Rashi reference reflects rendering repeated repetition righteous sense sequence siege speak Structure and Themes sword symbolic temple tion translation verb verse vine vision wheels wicked wings word of YHWH worship ya'an YHWH's Zedekiah Zimmerli