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Ezekiel and the Ethics of Exile (Paperback, New ed)
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Ezekiel and the Ethics of Exile (Paperback, New ed)
Series: Oxford Theological Monographs
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Whereas much recent work on the ethics of the Hebrew Bible
addresses the theological task of using the Bible as a moral
resource for today, this book aims to set Ezekiel's ethics firmly
in the social and historical context of the Babylonian Exile. The
two 'moral worlds' of Jerusalem and Babylonia provide the key.
Ezekiel explains the disaster in terms familiar to his audience's
past experience as members of Judah's political elite. He also
provides ethical strategies for coping with the more limited
possibilities of life in Babylonia, which include the ritualization
of ethics, an increasing emphasis on the domestic and personal
sphere of action, and a shift towards human passivity in the face
of restoration. Thus the prophet's moral concerns and priorities
are substantially shaped by the social experience of deportation
and resettlement. They also represent a creative response to the
crisis, providing significant impetus for social cohesion and the
maintenance of a distinctively Jewish community.
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