Swallowing the Scroll
Textuality and the Dynamics of Discourse in Ezekiel's Prophecy
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 1989
184 pages
978-0-567-31913-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-0-567-31913-5 (9780567319135)
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 FRAMING THE LITERARY QUESTION
- History of the Problem
- Outlining a Functional Approach
- Chapter 2 PROPHECY IN TRANSITION
- Orality and Writing: Language in Transition
- Prophet as Writer: A Social Development
- Literacy in Exilic Israel
- Chapter 3 SWALLOWING THE SCROLL: THE ROLE OF THE PROPHET
- The Dumbness Motif
- Archival Speech
- The Prophetic Role: Alternate Models
- Sign-Actions
- Chapter 4 MAKING AN AUDIENCE
- Establishing a Partnership
- Establishing the Opposition
- Sustaining Involvement: The Use of Metaphor
- Metaphor and Interpretation: Chapter 17
- Chapter 5 VISION IN HISTORY
- The Function of Narrative
- The Use of Memory
- Creating the Future
- Chapter 6 CHARTING A FUTURE FOR PROPHECY
- Stranger among the Prophets
- The Way of Transformation
- The Disappearing Prophet
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical References
- Index of Authors
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