From Law to Prophecy

by Michael Lyons, Claudia V. Camp, Andrew Mein, et al.

Book Overview

This work examines text-referencing practices and ideas about sacred texts in antiquity. This book shows how Ezekiel, an ancient Israelite author, borrowed from and transformed an earlier text containing religious instruction.

Ezekiel used this earlier text (Lev 17-26, the "Holiness Code") in order to explain the sixth-century destruction of his city and the exile of its inhabitants, and to create hope for the exilic community of which he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567027252
• ISBN13: 9780567027252
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"