The Mesopotamian Context of Ezekiel

The book of Ezekiel explicitly locates its material in Babylon between the years 593 and 571 BCE. The book’s language and imagery correspond to that setting. This chapter surveys the rich research of the book’s Mesopotamian context in three areas: comparative cultural elements, iconography and image...

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Main Author: Bodi, Daniel 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2020
In: The Oxford handbook of Ezekiel
Year: 2020
Further subjects:B Akkadian
B Mesopotamia
B Iconography
B Aramaic
B Ezekiel
B Babylon
B Assyria
B Babylonian Exile
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Summary:The book of Ezekiel explicitly locates its material in Babylon between the years 593 and 571 BCE. The book’s language and imagery correspond to that setting. This chapter surveys the rich research of the book’s Mesopotamian context in three areas: comparative cultural elements, iconography and imagery, and philological research. The abundance of the evidence demonstrates that the prophet’s activity took place mainly in Babylonia, influencing the language, metaphors, content, and rich imagery of the book that bears his name and is essential for reconstructing the book’s composition.
ISBN:0190634545
Contains:Enthalten in: The Oxford handbook of Ezekiel
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190634513.013.1