Konstantin Stijkel

Visualising the Vision

A Study of the Plan of Ezekiel's Temple

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Produktbeschreibung

In Visualizing the Vision, the author presents a detailed analysis of Ezekiel's temple vision from an architectural, linguistic, and historical approach. The study demonstrates that the vision was not meant as a building instruction, but as a sign of hope for the exiles in Babylon, showing the temple as it will be built in a distant future, when it will never again be defiled and the Glory of the Lord will return to His house forever. The author takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the description of the vision's temple and provides architectural drawings of its possible construction, situating these within the larger framework of Ancient Near Eastern building styles.

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Produktdetails

• Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies 83
• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm
• Gewicht: 686g
• ISBN-13: 9789004546318
• ISBN-10: 9004546316
• Artikelnr.: 67449654

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of Figures, Table, and Maps
Abbreviations

1 Introduction
1 Scope of the Study
2 State of the Art
3 Thesis and Research Questions
4 Outline of the Study
5 On Method
6 Structure of the Book of Ezekiel
7 Structure of Ezekiel 40-48
8 Conclusions

2 The Vision Report
A Text Critical and Philological Exploration
1 The Character of the Final Vision
2 The Text of the Vision Report
3 Studying the Text of the Vision Report
4 A Text Critical and Philological Exploration
5 Conclusions

3 On Imagination
1 The Character of Biblical Visions
2 Concepts of Imagination in Western History
3 Imagination
4 Symbolism and Concepts of Sacred Space in the Ancient Near East and Israel
5 Imitating and Depicting Biblical Examples of Sacred Space
6 Imitating and Depicting the New Jerusalem
7 Conclusions

4 Temple Building in the Ancient Near East: A Historical and Architectural Overview
1 Introduction
2 Temple Ideology
3 Description of Ancient Near Eastern Temples
4 Egyptian Temples
5 Mesopotamian Temples
6 Canaanite Temples
7 Conclusions

5 Israelite Sanctuaries
Plan and Arrangement of Israelite Sanctuaries from the Tabernacle to Herod's Temple
1 Introduction
2 Tabernacle
3 Israelite Precursors of the Temple in Jerusalem
4 Solomon's Temple
5 The Elephantine Temple
6 Zerubbabel's Temple
7 Post-exilic Building Activities on the Temple Mount
8 Herod's Temple Complex
9 The Temple in the Dead Sea Scrolls
10 Description of the New Jerusalem
11 Conclusions

6 Ezekiel's Visionary Temple
Its Plan and Arrangement
1 Introduction
2 "I Will Put My Sanctuary among Them for Ever" (Ezek 37:26b)
3 The Design and Architecture of the Temple Compound with Its Structures
4 The Design and Architecture of the Temple Platform with Its Structures
5 The Design and Architecture of the Temple Proper
6 Ezekiel's Temple Compared to Its Predecessors
7 Conclusions

7 Ezekiel's Temple as the Ultimate Imagination
1 Ezekiel's Temple Vision Account a Rhetorical Masterpiece
2 Temple Ideology and Conceptualisation
3 A New Image Paradigm
4 Some Iconic Concepts from the Field of Spatial Design
5 The Formation of a Spatial Plan
6 The Future Temple
7 Some Theological Considerations on the Shape of Ezekiel's Temple
8 Reflections on the Nature of Ezekiel's Temple
9 Conclusions

Architectural and Technical Terms
Bibliography
Index of Biblical References
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Names and Subjects