Priestly rule: polemic and biblical interpretation in Ezekiel 44

Whilst prophetic oracles in late prophetic books evidence tensions about the Jerusalem temple and its priesthood, MacDonald demonstrates that the relationships between prophetic oracles have been incorrectly appraised. Employing an interpretative method attentive to issues of redaction and inner-bib...

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Main Author: MacDonald, Nathan 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin Bosten De Gruyter [2015]
In: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (476)
Year: 2015
Reviews:Priester und Leviten im Alten Testament (2016) (Kilchör, Benjamin, 1984 -)
Series/Journal:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 476
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Ezechiel 44 / Exegesis
B Bible. Jesaja 56 / Intertextuality
B Historical background
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
Further subjects:B Religious Polemic
B Levites
B Priesthood
B Priests, Jewish Biblical teaching
B Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament / RELIGION 
B Zadokites
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Summary:Whilst prophetic oracles in late prophetic books evidence tensions about the Jerusalem temple and its priesthood, MacDonald demonstrates that the relationships between prophetic oracles have been incorrectly appraised. Employing an interpretative method attentive to issues of redaction and inner-biblical interpretation, MacDonald show that Ezekiel 44 is a polemical response to Isaiah 56, and not the reverse as is typically assumed. This has significant consequences for the dating of Ezekiel 44 and for its relationship to other biblical texts, especially Pentateuchal texts from Leviticus and Numbers. Since Ezekiel 44 has been a crucial chapter in understanding the historical development of the priesthood, MacDonald's arguments affect our understanding of the origins of the distinction between Levites and priests, and the claims that a Zadokite priestly sept dominated the Second Temple hierarchy.
Whilst prophetic oracles in late prophetic books evidence tensions about the Jerusalem temple and its priesthood, MacDonald demonstrates that the relationships between prophetic oracles have been incorrectly appraised. Employing an interpretative method attentive to issues of redaction and inner-biblical interpretation, MacDonald show that Ezekiel 44 is a polemical response to Isaiah 56, and not the reverse as is typically assumed. This has significant consequences for the dating of Ezekiel 44 and for its relationship to other biblical texts, especially Pentateuchal texts from Leviticus and Numbers. Since Ezekiel 44 has been a crucial chapter in understanding the historical development of the priesthood, MacDonald's arguments affect our understanding of the origins of the distinction between Levites and priests, and the claims that a Zadokite priestly sept dominated the Second Temple hierarchy. Nathan MacDonald, University of Cambridge and St John's College, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
ISBN:3110412012
Access:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9783110411867