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This study on the vision accounts in the book of Ezekielcombines redaction criticism with questions ofrhetorical and narrative criticism. It offers a united redaction history that reflects the growing interrelationship of the vision accounts over time. A second, more theological part follows the development of selected themes in the visions' discourse and theology throughout the stages of redaction.
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Janina Maria Hiebel Ezekiel’s Vision Accounts as Interrelated Narratives Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft Edited by John Barton, Ronald Hendel, Reinhard G. Kratz and Markus Witte Volume 475 Janina Maria Hiebel Ezekiel’s Vision Accounts as Interrelated Narratives A Redaction-Critical and Theological Study DE GRUYTER Scripture quotations marked “NRSV” are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ISBN 978-3-11-040364-0 e-ISBN (PDF) 978-3-11-040665-8 e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-040682-5 ISSN 0934-2575 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book has been applied for at the Library of Congress. Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available on the Internet at http://dnb.dnb.de. © 2015 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston Printing and binding: CPI books GmbH, Leck ♾ Printed on acid-free paper Printed in Germany www.degruyter.com Table of Contents XV List of Tables and Charts Acknowledgments XVII Abbreviations XIX 1 1 Introduction 1.1 Ezekiel and His Visions 1 1.2 Literature Review 4 1.2.1 Redaction Criticism and the Book of Ezekiel 4 1.2.1.1 The “Ezekiel School” (Fortschreibungsmodell) 5 1.2.1.2 Conflicting Redactions 6 1.2.1.3 Holistic Interpretation 7 1.2.2 Literature on Ezekiel 1:1–3:15 8 1.2.3 Literature on Ezekiel 8–11 15 1.2.4 Literature on Ezekiel 37:1–14 20 1.2.5 Literature on Ezekiel 40–48 27 1.2.6 Literature Specifically on all Vision Accounts in Ezekiel 33 1.2.7 Summary and Aim of the Present Study 35 1.3 Defining the Basis Texts: What is a Vision Account? 38 1.4 Methodology 40 1.4.1 A Diachronic Approach 40 1.4.2 Redaction History 42 1.4.2.1 Textual Criticism and Verse Subdivision 43 1.4.2.2 Redaction Criticism 44 1.4.2.3 Analysis of the Literary Structure 45 1.4.2.4 Interrelated Redaction History 45 1.4.3 Poetics and Theology 46 1.5 Outline 48 Part I: The Interconnected Redaction History of Ezekiel’s Vision Accounts 51 2 2.1 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.2 2.2.1 53 Ezekiel 1:1–3:15 Textual Criticism 53 General Remarks 53 Text-Critical Emendations of the MT Redaction Criticism of Ezek 1:1–3:15 Glosses 58 54 58 VI 2.2.1.1 2.2.1.2 2.2.1.3 2.2.1.4 2.2.1.5 2.2.2 2.2.2.1 2.2.2.2 2.2.2.3 2.2.2.4 2.2.2.5 2.2.3 2.2.4 2.3 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.3.4 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.2.1 2.4.2.2 2.4.2.3 2.4.2.4 2.4.3 2.4.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Table of Contents 58 The Secondary Date in 1:2 The Redactional Title in 1:3a 59 Glosses in 1:4, 1:13, and 1:23 59 The Gender Confusion in Ezek 1 60 Glosses in Ezek 2–3 62 The (Dis-)Unity of 2:3–3:11 and 1:4–28 63 Differences between 1:4–28 and 2:3–3:11 63 Ezekiel 1:4–2:2 as Expansion 65 The Unity of 2:3–3:11 66 Redaction in 1:1–3 67 Redaction in 3:12–15 68 Redaction in 1:4–28: The Wheels 69 Summary 71 Structure of the Original Call Narrative (2:3–3:11, 14c, 15*) 71 The First Speech (2:3–8) 72 The Vision of the Scroll (2:9–3:3) 73 The Second Speech (3:4–11) and the Conclusion (3:14–15*) 74 The Correlation of the Speeches (2:3–8; 3:4–11) and the Focus of the Original Call Narrative 75 Structure of the Expanded Call Vision (1:1–2