The Literary Expansion of Ezekiel's Two Sticks Sign Act (Ezekiel 37:15-28)*
In Ezek 37:15-28 the prophet Ezekiel is instructed to inscribe two sticks (Hebrew ), one for Judah and one for Joseph, and to unite them in a visual display meant to signify God's intention to reunite the former kingdoms of Judah and Israel. This intended meaning is made clear in the accompan...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2015]
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Harvard theological review
Year: 2015, Volume: 108, Issue: 2, Pages: 307-324 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Ezechiel 37,15-28
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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| Summary: | In Ezek 37:15-28 the prophet Ezekiel is instructed to inscribe two sticks (Hebrew ), one for Judah and one for Joseph, and to unite them in a visual display meant to signify God's intention to reunite the former kingdoms of Judah and Israel. This intended meaning is made clear in the accompanying oracle (vv. 21-28), which explicitly proclaims this interpretation of the act. This form of prophetic announcement, in which a conspicuous action is followed by an oracle that is, in part or in whole, an interpretation of it, is often referred to as a symbolic action, or sign act. Whereas other sign acts in the Hebrew Bible strive for a simple and clear relationship between the act and the prophecy that they introduce, this one is more complex, both in its form and in the hermeneutical relationship between the act and its interpretation. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816015000188 |