Seeking Ezekiel: Text and Psychology

by David J. Halperin

Book Overview

In Seeking Ezekiel, David J. Halperin argues that the biblical Book of Ezekiel provides substantial information about its author's psychology and reveals his personality in considerable depth. Psychoanalytic investigation of the book yields a coherent portrait of its author: a marvelously gifted yet profoundly disturbed man, tormented by inner conflicts over his sexual longings and fears.

Ezekiel, Halperin argues, was dominated by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271009489
• ISBN13: 9780271009483
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"