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call narrative of ezekiel: ezek 1-3

A. Introduction to Ezekiel: 1.1-3 . 1. The Captivity:2. The

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call narrative of ezekiel: ezek 1-3

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    1. Call Narrative of Ezekiel: Ezek 1-3

    3. B. The Vision: 1.4-28 1. Windstorm from the North: 1.4 (Storm motif in: Ex 19; Jdg 5.4ff; Ps 68; Deut 33.2; Hab 3.3ff.) 2. Four Living Creatures: 1.5-14 a. Human like: b. Not Human like:

    4. Human like Form of Men [1.5b] Straight legs [1.7a] Human like hands [1.8a] Front face was human [1.10a]

    5. Not Human like Living Creatures [1.5ff.] Four faces [1.6a]: Man; Lion; Ox; Eagle [1.10] “The lion is proverbially the fiercest of beast (Num 23.24; 24.9; Judg 14.18; 2 Sam 1.23; 17.10, etc.); the eagle the most imposing (swift, high-flying) of birds (Deut 28.49; 2 Sam 1.23; Jer 48.40; Lam 4.19; Job 39.27...); swiftness of eagles and the might of lions are both alluded to in David’s lament in 2 Sam 1.23. The bull is the most valued of domestic animals (for blowing and breeding: Prov 14.4; Job 21.10; cf. Exo 21.37). Men, of course, ruled them all (Gen 1.28; Ps 8.7).” (Greenberg, 55-56)

    6. Not Human like Four wings [1.6b] Wings touched [1.9, 11] Wings covered their bodies [1.11]

    8. Not Human like Soles of a Calf’s foot [1.7b] Movement = A face always toward the direction of movement [1:12] Coals in the Midst [1.13-14] This fact does not become significant until 10.2ff.

    9. Parallels in ANE Iconography

    10. Cherubim & the Cherubim Thrones

    30. B. The Vision: 1.4-28 3. Wheels and Expanse: 1.15-25 [Dan 7.9] Appearance: Like the gleaming of a chrysolite [1.16] Wheel within a wheel [1.16c]

    31. B. The Vision: 1.4-28 Movement [1.17] Turning was unnecessary With the creatures [1.19] Controlled by the x:Wr [1.20] Coordinated together [1.21]

    32. B. The Vision: 1.4-28 Description [1.18] having rims full of eyes and spokes. The image is that of a chariot, i.e., a Throne-Chariot.

    33. B. The Vision: 1.4-28 Firmament [1.22-25] Located over the heads of the creatures [1.22] Wings holding the firmament (?) [1.23] Sound of wings [1.24-25]

    35. Parallels in ANE Iconography

    36. Parallels in ANE Iconography

    37. B. The Vision: 1.4-28 4. He who sits upon the throne: 1.26-28

    38. Parallels in ANE Iconography

    39. C. The Commissioning: 2.1-3.15 1. Commission proper: 1.28-2.7; 3.4-11 2. Symbolic Commission: 2.8-3.3 (Jer 15.16) 3. The Vision departs 3.12-15

    40. D. The Lookout: 3.16-21; 33.1-16

    41. E. Parallel OT Call Narratives: Texts: Ex 3; Jud 6; Jer 1; Isa 6, 40; 1 Kgs 22. 1. General Prophetic Call Pattern: a. Divine Confrontation b. Introductory Word c. Commission d. Objection e. Reassurance f. Confirmatory Sign Notice that Eze lacks only one element of a classical call narrative, i.e., the objection. [Parunak, “The Literary Architecture of Ezekiel’s Mar’ot ‘elohim,” JBL, 99/1 (1980), 64]

    42. E. Parallel OT Call Narratives: 2. Call Pattern in Ezekiel: 2.1 Divine Confrontation [1.4-28; 3.13] 2.2 Introductory Word [2.1-2; 3.12] 2.3 Commission and Reassurance [2.3-8a; 3.4-11] 2.4 Confirmatory Sign [2.8b-3.3]

    43. E. Parallel OT Call Narratives: 3. Purpose of Call Narratives: a. Produces a sense of awe and fear of God. b. Summons a person to be a prophet. c. Allays fear and fortifies the prophet to be against the hostile reception of his message. d. Gives credibility to the prophet's message.

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