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Title

Ezekiel : a commentary on the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel / by Walther Zimmerli ; translated by Ronald E. Clements ; edited by Frank Moore Cross and Klaus Baltzer, with the assistance of Leonard Jay Greenspoon.

Author

Zimmerli, Walther, 1907-

Publication

Philadelphia : Fortress Press, c1979-c1983.

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Additional Authors

• Baltzer, Klaus, 1928-
• Cross, Frank Moore
• Greenspoon, Leonard J. (Leonard Jay)
• Hanson, Paul D.

Description

2 v.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Hermeneia

Uniform Title

• Bible. Ezekiel. English. Clements-Martin. 1979.
• Ezechiel. English
• Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible

Alternative Title

Ezechiel.

Subject

Bible. > Commentaries

Genre/Form

Commentaries.

Note

• Translation of Ezechiel.
• Vol. 2 translated by James D. Martin; edited by Paul D. Hanson with Leonard Jay Greenspoon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

v. 1. Chapters 1-24. Foreword to Hermeneia -- Foreword to the German edition -- Introduction -- The contents of the Book of Ezekiel -- Critical work on the Book of Ezekiel -- The date and historical background of the Book of Ezekiel -- The personality of Ezekiel -- The language and form of the prophecies of the Book of Ezekiel -- The tradition-historical and literary critical background of the Book of Ezekiel -- The message of Ezekiel -- From the prophet's word to the prophetic book -- The later history of the book and its text -- Commentary. The call -- The office of watchman -- The siege of Jerusalem and the exile of Israel in the prophetic sign-actions -- Death upon the mountains of Israel -- The bitter day of the end -- The great vision of the sinful worship in Jerusalem and its judgment -- The exile's baggage, a sign for the blind -- The trembling of the prophet, a sign from God -- Yahweh's Word does not fail -- God's Word does not refer to "distant days" -- Against the false prophets and prophetesses -- The prophet and the worshippers of idols -- The inevitablility of the divine judgment -- The useless vine -- The unfaithful wife -- The eagle, the cedar, and the vine (Zedekiah's breach of covenant) -- The freedom to repent -- The lament over the lioness and over the vine (the end of the Judaean royal house) -- The sinful history of the people of Israel who were brought out of Egypt -- The judgment and salvation of the second exodus -- Three sayings about the "sword" -- The city of blood -- Israel in the smelting oven -- Survey of the corruption of all classes in the land -- Oholah and Oholiba -- The cauldron on the fire -- The prophet's grief over the death of his wife, a sign of grief over the fall of Jerusalem -- v. 2. Chapters 25-48.

ISBN

• 0800660080 (v. 1)
• 0800660102 (v. 2)

LCCN

^^^75021540^//r843

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library