To Read - Or Not to Read - Ezekiel as Christian Scripture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7210659 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer (University of Aberdeen), Lena‐sofia Tiemeyer (0000-0002-8877-0506, University of Aberdeen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 481-488 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-11 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Expository Times (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-5246 • E-ISSN: 1745-5308 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0014524610370763 |
| OpenAlex | W2069164979 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article focuses on the difficulty today to read the book of Ezekiel canonically. In Ezekiel, God’s destruction of Jerusalem is vindicated by the people’s utter sinfulness. Many earlier Christian readings of Ezekiel have tended to focus on how, through Jesus, human sin is finally conquered. I contend that such a reading does injustice to the message of the book of Ezekiel as a whole, as it enables the readers to quickly dismiss the horror of the destruction of Jerusalem and to focus solely on the future restoration. Moreover, many modern readers regard such a reading as unacceptable as it puts all the guilt on the victims. I shall therefore suggest another way of reading Ezekiel canonically, namely through the lens of the books of Lamentations and Job
Art · Focus (optics · Injustice · Linguistics · Literature · New Testament · Reading (process · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Christian Theology and Mission · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |