Ezekiel 20–48 (Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 29 | WBC)

by Leslie C. Allen

Publisher:

Word

, 1990

Overview

Delve deep into the language, structure, and background of the mysterious prophecies of Ezekiel. Allen’s mastery of Hebrew provides a fresh translation and is accompanied by notes interpreting the significance of textual variants. Focusing on the meaning of the text, Allen illuminates the historical setting of the book and explains the role of the prophet with clarity and precision.

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The application of vv 11–19 to Satan by third and fourth century a.d. Church Fathers, Tertullian, Origen, John Cassian, Cyril of Jerusalem and Jerome, and thence in some modern popular conservative expositions, is based on MT’s equation of the king and cherub and on comparison with Isa 14:12–15. It is a case of exegeting an element of Christian belief by means of Scripture and so endeavoring to provide it with extrabiblical warrant and to fit the passage into the framework of the Christian faith. However, it is guilty of detaching the passage from its literary setting (Ellison 108–9).” (Page 95)

“In the proclamation of the resolution of Yahweh’s problem the language of vv 20–21 is echoed. What was implicit in the first verb of v 21 is now brought into the open. Israel had no claim on Yahweh, who had been entirely fair in rejecting them from his land and favor. No, his own honor was at stake (cf. 20:9 and Comment). From this perspective the exile was intolerable, and its ending was a theological necessity, in order that Yahweh’s holiness or transcendent power might be vindicated in human history. The recognition formula fittingly caps the theme of the clearing of his name.” (Page 178)

“Ezekiel was a Zadokite priest of the Jerusalem temple, who was swept up in the deportation of leading citizens, including the young king Jehoiachin, to a settlement in Babylonia, after Nebuchadnezzar’s conquest of the rebellious vassal state of Judah in 597 b.c. There he received a prophetic call in 593 to minister to these Judean hostages and later to the first generation of exiles after the fall of Jerusalem in 587; his ministry lasted at least to 571 (29:17).” (Page xx)

Product Details

• Title: Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 29: Ezekiel 20–48
• Author: Leslie C. Allen
• Series: Word Biblical Commentary
• Volume: 29
• Publisher: Word
• Print Publication Date: 1990
• Logos Release Date: 2002
• Pages: 336
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible › Commentaries--Collected works; Bible. O.T. Ezekiel › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781418503772, 1418503770
• Resource ID: LLS:29.31.2
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T20:02:18Z

About Leslie C. Allen

Leslie Allen joined the School of Theology in 1983 as professor of Old Testament and served in that capacity until 2004. He is now senior professor of Old Testament. Commentaries Allen has written include Jeremiah in the Old Testament Library, Psalms and Ezekiel in the Word Biblical Commentary, and Chronicles in The New Interpreter’s Bible. Additionally he has been published in various books and scholarly journals including the Harvard Theological Review and the Journal of Theological Studies. In addition to mentoring PhD students, Allen teaches courses on the Hebrew Prophets, Writings, Psalms, and Lamentations. He is involved in associations in both the U.K. and the U.S. including the Society for Old Testament Study, Tyndale Fellowship, the Institute for Biblical Research, and the Society of Biblical Literature. He was also the recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Travel to Collections Grant in 1988.