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1 online resource |
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Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe ; v. 76 |
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Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe.
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Cover; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One -- History of Scholarship: The Monstrification of Egypt in Ezekiel in Light of the Exodus Tradition and the Historio-Political Context of the Sixth Century BCE; I. Chaoskampf, Exodus and Egypt as a Monster; A. Preliminary Remarks on Chaoskampf in Biblical Scholarship; B. Chaoskampf and the Nations in the Old Testament; C. The Monstrification of Egypt and the Exodus Tradition; D. The Monstrification of Egypt and the Exodus Tradition Revisited; E. Summary; II. Beyond Political Alliance |
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A. The Historio-Political Situation of the Levant Prior to the Babylonian ExileB. The Political Alliance Between Judah and Egypt Prior to the Babylonian Exile as an Explanation for the Severe Judgment of Egypt in Ezekiel Scholarship; C. Beyond the Political Alliance; III. Summary; Chapter Two -- Monster Theory; I.A Definition of the Monster; II. The Monster as an Other; A. The Monster and the Body ; B. Body and Identity; C. Embodying the Monster; D. Body and Punishment; III. Problematizing the Categorization of the Monster; A. René Girard and the Monstrous Double |
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B. Monsters as Abject and UnheimlichIV. Summary; Chapter Three -- Chaoskampf in the Ancient Near East; I. Chaoskampf in the Ancient Near East; A. Enūma eliš; B. Baal Cycle; C. Re and Apophis; II. Monsters and the Divine Pantheon: Other or Double; A. Beyond Structural Perspective; B. Complexity of Relationship Between the Monsters and Gods; C. Summary; III. The Dismemberment of the Body of the Monster; A. Summary; IV. Complete Annihilation versus Putting the Monster Under Check; V. Summary; Chapter Four -- Egypt as a Monstrous Double in Ezekiel 20 and 23 |
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880-01 III. Idolatry and Adultery as Primordial and Resurgent ChaosA. Egypt's Chaos as Primordial in Israel's History; B. The Chaos that Egypt Represents is Resurgent; IV. Summary; Chapter Five -- Egypt as the Abject: Embodying Egypt as a Monster and the Dismemberment of Its Body; I. Embodying Egypt as a Monster; A. Ascribing the Body of a Monster to Pharaoh in Ezekiel 29:1-3 and 32:1-2; B. Constructing Egypt's Monstrous Body in Ezekiel 16, 23, 30, and 31; C. Summary; II. Defeat and Dismemberment of the Body of the Monster; A. YHWH's Combat with the Monster |
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880-01/(2/r I. The Significance of Describing Israel and Egypt with Similar Language in EzekielA. Jerusalem's המון and Egypt's המון; B. Scattering and Gathering Israel and Egypt; C. "A Mighty Hand and Outstretched Arm"; D. Summary ; II. Egypt as Israel's Monstrous Double in the Revisionist Histories of Ezekiel 20 and 23; A. Idolatry and Adultery as Impurities: Transgression of Boundaries; B. Worshiping Egyptian Idols as a Marker for Boundary Transgression: Ezekiel 20; C. The Adultery Metaphor: Nudity as a Shared Element of Identity between Egypt and Israel; D. Summary |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Ezekiel -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Ezekiel fast |
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Monsters in the Bible.
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Egypt in the Bible
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Monsters in the Bible
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Egypt -- In the Bible.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87006403
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
3161536282 |
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9783161536281 |
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