TY - BOOK AU - Block,Daniel Isaac TI - By the River Chebar: historical, literary, and theological studies in the Book of Ezekiel SN - 0227902319 AV - BS1545.52 U1 - 224.4 22 PY - 2014/// CY - Cambridge PB - James Clarke KW - Ezekiel KW - Bible KW - Bibliography KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Theology KW - fast KW - Religion KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Studies KW - Prophets KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament KW - Electronic books N1 - ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Credits""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1. Preaching Ezekiel""; ""The Problem with Preaching Ezekiel""; ""Four Propositions for Preaching from Ezekiel""; ""A Test Case� Ezekiel 16:1-14 “The Gospel accordingto Ezekiel�""; ""Conclusion""; ""2. The Theology of Ezekiel""; ""Old Testament Context""; ""Literary Structure""; ""Theological Emphases""; ""3. The God Ezekiel Wants Us to Meet""; ""Introduction: Contemporary Images of the God of Whom Ezekiel Speaks""; ""Ezekiel�s “Graceless� Vocabulary""""The Evidence of the Self-Identification Formula""; ""God�s Grace in Israel�s Experience""; ""4. Divine Abandonment: Ezekiel�s Adaptation of an Ancient Near Eastern Motif""; ""Introduction""; ""Ancient Near Eastern Accounts of Divine Abandonment""; ""The Reasons for Marduk�s Departure from Babylon""; ""The Effects of Marduk�s Anger toward Babylon""; ""Marduk�s Change of Heart Toward Babylon""; ""Interpretation""; ""Ezekiel�s Prophecies of Divine Abandonment""; ""Conclusion""; ""EXCURSUS A: The Prophetic Speech of Marduk, A Translation""; ""5. Chasing a Phantom: The Search for the Historical Marduk""""Introduction""; ""The Rise of Marduk""; ""The Trials and Tribulations of an Ambitious God""; ""Marduk�s Reach for the Top""; ""The Challenge of Maintaining Power""; ""Marduk�s Last Chance""; ""Conclusion""; ""6. The Prophet of the Spirit""; ""Introduction""; ""The Vocabulary of the Spirit""; ""Ezekiel: The Prophet of the Spirit""; ""The Uses of 'Spirit' in Ezekiel""; ""Conclusion""; ""7. Beyond the Grave: Ezekiel�s Vision of Death and Afterlife""; ""Introduction""; ""The Vocabulary of Death in Ezekiel""; ""The Way of Death in Ezekiel""""Ezekiel�s Vision of the Netherworld""; ""Ezekiel�s Vision of Life after Death""; ""Theological Implications""; ""Conclusion""; ""8. Text and Emotion: A Study in the “Corruptions� in Ezekiel�s Inaugural Vision (Ezekiel 1:4-28)""; ""Introduction""; ""Problems in the Text of Ezekiel�s Inaugural Vision""; ""Recent Treatments of Ezekiel�s Inaugural Vision""; ""An Alternative Approach""; ""EXCURSUS B: Ezekiel 1:6, 8-10, 15-21, and 10:9-22 in Paralell""; ""9. Ezekiel�s Boiling Cauldron: A Form-Critical Solution to Ezekiel 24:1-14""; ""Introduction""; ""The Unity and Style of Ezekiel 24:1-14""""Form and Structure""; ""Interpretation""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix. In Praise of Moshe: A Tribute to Moshe Greenberg""; ""Bibliography""; ""Back Cover"" UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=814360 ER -