Can These Bones Live?: The Problem of the Moral Self in the Book of Ezekiel (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fuer die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft): 301

Description

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world. BZAW welcomes submissions that make an original and significant contribution to the field; demonstrate sophisticated engagement with the relevant secondary literature; and are written in readable, logical, and engaging prose. Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction I. Imagining the Moral Self II. Practical Matters Chapter 2: A History of Scholarship I. Early Concerns II. Individualism III. Wrestling with the Tension IV. A New Framework Chapter 3: Biblical Portraits of the Human Moral Self Outside of Ezekiel I. Virtuous Moral Selfhood: The Dominant View II. Neutral Moral Selfhood: The Minority View III. Summary And Conclusion Chapter 4: The Shift in the Origin of Moral Selfhood from Intrinsic in Human Beings to Gift from God I. The Tension II. The Language of Repentance III. The Language of Determinism IV. Conclusion Chapter 5: The Shift in the Form of Moral Selfhood from Action to Knowledge I. The Knowledge of God II. Human Self-Knowledge III. Conclusion Chapter 6: The Shift in the Origin and Form of Moral Selfhood and the Portrait of Human Beings in the Restoration Chapters (Chapters 36-48). I. Divine Re-Creation and the Waning of Action (Chapters 36-39) II. The Centrality of Knowledge in Chapters 40-48 III. Action as Secondary Consequence of the New Identity IV. Summary and Conclusion to the Chapter Chapter 7: Conclusion I. Summary of the Argument II. Implications for Ezekiel III. Implications for Us Bibliography