Ezekiel 2: A Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel, Chapters 25-48 (Hermeneia | HERM)

by Walther Zimmerli

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 1983

Overview

The second in a two-volume commentary on the book of the prophet Ezekiel, Walther Zimmerli’s work is a major achievement. As a useful commentary for scholars and serious students, it is an essential tool for those serious about studying Ezekiel.

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Key Features

• Includes a number of valuable insights
• Presents a detailed and authoritative interpretation
• Provides a fantastic commentary for students, teachers, scholars, and professors

Contents

• Foreword to Hermeneia
• Preface to the Second German Edition
• Reference Codes
• Editor’s Note
• Commentary
• Bibliography
• Indices

Top Highlights

“In all three clauses of the quotation, full expression is given to lamenting the hopeless fading, dying, being cut down. Israel, who in the events of the years 733/32, 722 and 597 was pushed further and further into disaster and defeat, sees herself finally sentenced to death in the event of 587. The concentration of the vision on the single image of the dried bones has fully grasped the basic element of this hopeless selfassertion on the part of the people.” (Page 262)

“Thus one must think beyond the mere revivification to the promise of the spirit in 36:27* (39:29*), by which also the inner transformation of the people comes about. This alone makes it possible for the first time that the old history of disaster in the land will not again be repeated.³⁰ In this respect the oracle comes close to what was said in 36:16ff.” (Page 263)

“Against the background of these statements the immediate question that arises is this: Is this coming of Yahweh to his sanctuary once again a coming which will one day end in a new departure from the temple? In vv 7* and 9* Yahweh himself will answer this question.” (Page 413)

“The two main sections, vv 1–10* and vv 11–14*, thus stand in a relationship of image and interpretation” (Page 257)

“Thus, many Church Fathers found the final resurrection of the dead proclaimed here.^{35” (Page 264)}

Product Details

• Title: Ezekiel 2: A Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel, Chapters 25-48
• Author: Walther Zimmerli
• Series: Hermeneia
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Print Publication Date: 1983
• Logos Release Date: 2006
• Pages: 640
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible › Commentaries--Collected works; Bible. O.T. Ezekiel › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780800660109, 0800660102
• Resource ID: LLS:HRMNEIA26BEZE
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-24T16:25:22Z

About Walther Zimmerli

Walther Zimmerli (1907–84) was professor of Old Testament at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and one of the most important biblical scholars of the twentieth century. Among his many publications in English are Ezekiel (2 vols.), I Am Yahweh, The Old Testament and the World, and The Law and the Prophets.