03994oam 22006614a 450 991078149380332120221013233257.01-57506-520-710.1515/9781575065205(CKB)2550000000040496(SSID)ssj0000534423(PQKBManifestationID)12180917(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534423(PQKBWorkID)10511228(PQKB)11064011(Au-PeEL)EBL3155537(CaPaEBR)ebr10483385(OCoLC)922991545(DE-B1597)584546(DE-B1597)9781575065205(OCoLC)747412041(MdBmJHUP)musev2_80885(MiAaPQ)EBC3155537(EXLCZ)99255000000004049619991008d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBetween Heaven and EarthDivine Presence and Absence in the Book of Ezekiel /by John F. KutskoWinona Lake, Ind. :Eisenbrauns,2000.©2000.xiv, 185 pBiblical and Judaic studies from the University of California, San Diego ;7Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-57506-041-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Frontmatter --Contents --Preface and Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --1. The Inquiry and Its Background --2. Idolatry and Theodicy --3. Idolatry and Theophany --4. Idolatry and Theonomy --5. Summary and Conclusion --Appendix: Removal, Repair, and Return of Divine Images --IndexesWith the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple and the exile of members of the Israelite community to the land of its enemies, whose gods were represented as divine statues, the prophet Ezekiel faced a challenge: how to respond to the enemies’ taunts that Israel’s God was absent, whereas the foreigners’ gods self-evidently were present. Thus, to ask the question, “Where is God” was to face several complex and tangled problems. How is God to be represented? How is Yahweh to be differentiated from other deities? What is Yahweh’s relationship to Israel in exile?Kutsko sets out to answer these questions within the theme of divine presence and absence, particularly as it relates to the kabod theology in Ezekiel. He shows that God’s absence becomes, for Ezekiel, an argument for his presence and power, while the presence of idols indicated their absence and impotence. Ezekiel extends this proposition into a corollary: God’s presence is not consigned to sanctuary, for God is a sanctuary. In this regard, absence from the Temple is a message of judgment and the precursor to a message of restoration. If God can become a sanctuary, his presence in exile becomes a message of victory even over imperial powers. This conceptualization of Yahweh, then, ends up defining the power and position of Israel’s God in distinctively universal terms. In this contribution, the book of Ezekiel plays a central and previously unappreciated role in the development of Israelite theology, and monotheism in particular.Biblical and Judaic studies ;v. 7.Presence of GodBiblical teachingfast(OCoLC)fst01075671Hidden GodBiblical teachingfast(OCoLC)fst00955939Hidden GodBiblical teachingPresence of GodBiblical teachingCriticism, interpretation, etc.Presence of GodBiblical teaching.Hidden GodBiblical teaching.Hidden GodBiblical teaching.Presence of GodBiblical teaching.224/.406Kutsko John F1118621MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910781493803321Between Heaven and Earth3792130UNINA