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Disorienting History: History and Identity in Ezekiel 20
Miller, Bryan
Miller, Bryan
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Ezekiel 20 retells Israel’s exodus narrative tradition (exodus from Egypt and entry into the land of Canaan) as a means of disorienting traditional understandings of identity in order to prepare the prophet’s audience for a new identity. To explore this chapter more fully and to try to understand why the author does what he does, I will look at questions of context and form and use those answers to help illumine the text. After a general contextual overview, I will take a closer look at trauma as a dominant exilic discourse and examine the way it functions in Ezekiel. I will then look at the genres operative in Ezekiel 20 with a focus on rewritten scripture and ancient historiography. I will conclude by considering how each of these elements contributes to an understanding of the function of Ezekiel 20 within the exilic community. Looking at Ezekiel through these lenses will help clarify the need for this text (trauma) and the ways the author reacted to that need by preparing them for a new identity through writing a disorienting exodus narrative tradition.
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2015-08-31
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University of Kansas
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Biblical studies, Religion, Bible, Ezekiel, Ezekiel 20, historiography, Trauma