LEADER 04039oam 22006734a 450 001 9910456667303321 005 20211004152647.0 010 $a1-57506-520-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781575065205 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040496 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000534423 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12180917 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534423 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10511228 035 $a(PQKB)11064011 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3155537 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3155537 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10483385 035 $a(OCoLC)922991545 035 $a(DE-B1597)584546 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781575065205 035 $a(OCoLC)747412041 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_80885 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040496 100 $a19991008d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetween Heaven and Earth$eDivine Presence and Absence in the Book of Ezekiel /$fby John F. Kutsko 210 1$aWinona Lake, Ind. :$cEisenbrauns,$d2000. 210 4$dİ2000. 215 $axiv, 185 p 225 0 $aBiblical and Judaic studies from the University of California, San Diego ;$v7 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-57506-041-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface and Acknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $t1. The Inquiry and Its Background -- $t2. Idolatry and Theodicy -- $t3. Idolatry and Theophany -- $t4. Idolatry and Theonomy -- $t5. Summary and Conclusion -- $tAppendix: Removal, Repair, and Return of Divine Images -- $tIndexes 330 $aWith the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple and the exile of members of the Israelite community to the land of its enemies, whose gods were represented as divine statues, the prophet Ezekiel faced a challenge: how to respond to the enemies? taunts that Israel?s God was absent, whereas the foreigners? gods self-evidently were present. Thus, to ask the question, ?Where is God? was to face several complex and tangled problems. How is God to be represented? How is Yahweh to be differentiated from other deities? What is Yahweh?s relationship to Israel in exile?Kutsko sets out to answer these questions within the theme of divine presence and absence, particularly as it relates to the kabod theology in Ezekiel. He shows that God?s absence becomes, for Ezekiel, an argument for his presence and power, while the presence of idols indicated their absence and impotence. Ezekiel extends this proposition into a corollary: God?s presence is not consigned to sanctuary, for God is a sanctuary. In this regard, absence from the Temple is a message of judgment and the precursor to a message of restoration. If God can become a sanctuary, his presence in exile becomes a message of victory even over imperial powers. This conceptualization of Yahweh, then, ends up defining the power and position of Israel?s God in distinctively universal terms. In this contribution, the book of Ezekiel plays a central and previously unappreciated role in the development of Israelite theology, and monotheism in particular. 410 0$aBiblical and Judaic studies ;$vv. 7. 606 $aPresence of God$xBiblical teaching$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01075671 606 $aHidden God$xBiblical teaching$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00955939 606 $aHidden God$xBiblical teaching 606 $aPresence of God$xBiblical teaching 608 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPresence of God$xBiblical teaching. 615 0$aHidden God$xBiblical teaching. 615 0$aHidden God$xBiblical teaching. 615 0$aPresence of God$xBiblical teaching. 676 $a224/.406 700 $aKutsko$b John F$01070810 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456667303321 996 $aBetween Heaven and Earth$92565129 997 $aUNINA