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Swallowing the Scroll: Textuality and the Dynamics of Discourse in Ezekiel's Prophecy

  • Paperback
  • 186 pages
  • Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.1 cm

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In this original study, Dr Davis argues that Ezekiel's place in the history of prophecy is overdue for reassessment. As against current views that Ezekiel represents the collapse of prophetism into priestly and scribal forms, she argues that something radically different in prophecy begins with Ezekiel. Ezekiel represents the creation of a new literary idiom for prophecy. He develops an archival speech form oriented less toward current events than to reshaping the tradition. He has taken a step backward from direct confrontation with an audience as the basic dynamic of communication, and has made the medium of prophecy not the person of the prophet but the text. Like the postexilic prophets, Ezekiel participated in the transformation of the social role of prophecy, and thereby saved himself from oblivion.
Swallowing the Scroll: Textuality and the Dynamics of Discourse in Ezekiel's Prophecy and Preaching the Luminous Word
Preaching the Luminous WordSwallowing the Scroll: Textuality and the Dynamics of Discourse in Ezekiel's Prophecy

  • Title

    Swallowing the Scroll: Textuality and the Dynamics of Discourse in Ezekiel's Prophecy

  • Author

    Professor Ellen F. Davis

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Continnuum-3PL

  • Published

    October 2009

  • Weight

    268g

  • Page Count

    186

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781441142993

  • ISBN-10

    1441142991

  • Eden Code

    2661081

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