Divine Initiative and Human Response in Ezekiel (JSOT Supplement Series No. 51)

Joyce, Paul M.

ISBN 10: 1850750416 / ISBN 13: 9781850750413

Published by JSOT Press, 1989

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A little shelf wear to green cloth hardcover. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. Index. 186 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Divine Initiative and Human Response in Ezekiel (JSOT Supplement Series No. 51)
• Publisher: JSOT Press
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1850750416
• ISBN 13: 9781850750413
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religious Studies

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Synopsis

What is the connection between "Get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit!" (Ezekiel 18) and "A new heart I will give you and a new spirit I will put within you" (Ezekiel 36)? The author explores the radical theocentricity of the Ezekiel tradition (with its characteristic formula "You will know that I am Yahweh") and finds here the key to the tensions of the book. A special concern of this study is to challenge the widely held view that Ezekiel is the prophet of individual responsibility. A close exegesis demonstrates that Ezekiels overriding emphasis is on the responsibility of the House of Israel as a collective unit.

About the Author

Paul M. Joyce is University Lecturer in Theology in the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford. He is author of Divine Initiative and Human Response in Ezekiel (Sheffield, 1989) and numerous articles on Ezekiel, and currently chairs the Society of Biblical Literature's 'Theological Perspectives on the Book of Ezekiel' Section.