| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 298 pages) |
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Oxford theological monographs |
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Oxford theological monographs.
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| Contents |
List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Moral Worlds: Ancient Israelite Ethics in a Social Context; 2. Ezekiel and the Exiles; 3. The World of Politics; 4. The Politics of Cult; 5. Ritual and Ethics; 6. The 'Domestication' of Ethics; 7. From Responsibility to Passivity; Conclusion: Ezekiel and the Ethics of Exile; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Biblical References |
| Summary |
The two 'moral worlds' of Jerusalem and exile provide the key to Ezekiel's ethics. The prophet both offers an explanation of the disaster in terms familiar to his hearers' past experience, and provides ethical strategies for coping with the far more limited possibilities of life in Babylonia. - ;Whereas much recent work on the ethics of the Hebrew Bible addresses the theological task of using the Bible as a moral resource for today, this book aims to set Ezekiel's ethics firmly in the social and historical context of the Babylonian Exile. The two 'moral worlds' of Jerusalem and Babylonia provi |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2001 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-282) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ezekiel (Biblical prophet) -- Ethics
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| SUBJECT |
Ezekiel (Biblical prophet) fast |
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Bible. Ezekiel -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Ezekiel fast |
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Bibel Ezechiel gnd |
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Jews -- History -- Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Prophets.
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Ethics
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Jews
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Babylonisches Exil
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Ethik
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191523021 |
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019152302X |
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9780191516252 |
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0191516252 |
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9780191700620 |
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0191700622 |
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9780199291397 |
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019929139X |
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