Literary Structure and Setting in Ezekiel

Abstract

Revised thesis (Ph. D.) - Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, 2009. Tyler D. Mayfield addresses the literary structure and literary setting of the book of Ezekiel in order to read Ezekiel as a deliberate work of literature, a prophetic composition with a highly-structured form and an intentional placement of units. Introduction -- Literary structure -- Structuring prophetic books -- Structuring Ezekiel -- Literary setting -- Reading contextually within units: Ezekiel 24-25 -- Reading contextually within units: Ezekiel 32:17-33:20 -- Reading contextually within the book: Ezekiel 29:1-32:16.