Ezekiel

Ezekiel studies are flourishing. The 27 essays collected in this volume were first presented at two symposia on the theme »Ezekiel in International Perspective« at the Society of Biblical Literature conferences in St Andrews and Vienna. The principal aim was to widen contact, cultivate understanding, and foster collaboration between international colleagues who, though working on the same ancient text, possess diverse points of view and operate from different methodological frames. The meetings allowed moments of introspection, providing the freedom and opportunity to reflect on questions of appropriate evidence, suitable methodology, and argumentative plausibility by juxtaposing papers from diverse perspectives. The resulting collection is a portrait of the discipline in the present and a prospectus for future research.Part 1: The State of the Art
Karl-Friedrich Pohlmann: Ezekiel: New Directions and Current Debates - Thomas Krüger: Ezekiel Studies: Present State and Future Outlook

Part 2: Ezekiel's Book and its Thought in Diachronic Perspective
Franz Sedlmeier: The Proclamation of Salvation in the Book of Ezekiel: Restoration or Traces of 'Eschatological' Hope? - Anja Klein: Ezekiel 6.1-7 and 36.1-15: The Idea of the Mountains in the Book of Ezekiel - Steven S. Tuell: The Book of Ezekiel as a Work In Progress: Indications from the Lament Over the King of Tyre (28.11-19) - Franz Sedlmeier: The Figure of David and His Importance in Ezekiel 34-37 - Michael Konkel: The Vision of the Dry Bones (Ezek 37.1-14): Resurrection, Restoration or What? - Penelope Barter: The Reuse of Ezekiel 20 in the Composition of Ezekiel 36.16-32 - Michael A. Lyons: Extension and Allusion: The Composition of Ezekiel 34 - Christophe Nihan: Ezekiel 34-37 and Leviticus 26: A Reevaluation - Anja Klein: Salvation for Sheep and Bones: Ezek 34 and 37 as Corner Pillars of Ezekiel's Prophecy of Salvation - Frank-Lothar Hossfeld: The Gog Oracles of Ezekiel, between Psalms and the Priestly Writer - Michael Konkel: Ezek 38-39 in Current Research: Questions and Perspectives - Ingrid E. Lilly: 'Like the Vision': Temple Tours, Comparative Genre, and Scribal Composition in Ezekiel 43

Part 3: Ezekiel's Book and its Thought in Synchronic Perspective
Tyler D. Mayfield: Literary Structure and Formulas in Ezekiel 34-37 - John T. Strong: Cosmic Re-Creation and Ezekiel's Vocabulary - John T. Strong: The Conquest of the Land and Yahweh's Honor before the Nations in Ezekiel - Tobias Häner: Reading Ezekiel 36.16-38 in Light of the Book: Observations on the Remembrance and Shame after Restoration (36.31-32) in a Synchronic Perspective - Stephen L. Cook: Burgeoning Holiness: Fecundity Let Loose in Ezekiel 34-36 - Stephen L. Cook: Ezekiel's Recovery of Premonarchic, Tribal Israel

Part 4: Trauma and its Effects
Jacqueline E. Lapsley: The Proliferation of Grotesque Bodies in Ezekiel: The Case of Ezekiel 23 - Daniel L. Smith-Christopher: Deconstructing Terror in Ezekiel: The 'Valley of Bones' Vision as Response to Trauma

Part 5: Ezekiel's Afterlife: Interpretation and Reception
Michael A. Lyons: Who Takes the Initiative? Reading Ezekiel in the Second Temple Period and Late Antiquity - Mark W. Elliott: The Contribution of the History of Ezekiel-Interpretation and the Tradition of 'Reformed' Exegesis, with Particular Reference to Ezekiel 21.25-27 (30-32) - Paul M. Joyce: Reception and Interpretation in Ezekiel - Daniel L. Smith-Christopher: Ezekiel as José Posada: An Experiment in Cultural Exegesis of the Bible

Part 6: Reappraisal
William A. Tooman: Literary Unity, Empirical Models, and the Compatibility of Synchronic and Diachronic Reading