Ezekiel and the Ethics of Exile

by Andrew Mein

Overview

Mein aims to set Ezekiel's ethics firmly in the social and historical context of the Babylonian Exile. Ezekiel's moral concerns and priorities, Mein suggests, are substantially shaped by the social experience of deportation and resettlement. They also represent a creative response to the crisis, providing significant impetus for social cohesion and the maintenance of a distinctively Jewish community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198299929
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/07/2002
Series:	Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	8.82(w) x 5.72(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

Westcott House, Cambridge

Table of Contents

List of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Moral Worlds: Ancient Israelite Ethics in a Social Context2. Ezekiel and the Exiles3. The World of Politics4. The Politics of Cult5. Ritual and Ethics6. The 'Domestication' of Ethics7. From Responsibility to PassivityConclusions: Ezekiel and the Ethics of ExileBibliographyIndex of AuthorsIndex of Biblical References