Egypt as a Monster in the Book of Ezekiel
By: Safwat Marzouk
Series: Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe -- 76; Forschungen zum Alten Testament -- 76.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9783161532450
Subjects: Bible; Historical geography; Egypt in the Bible; Monsters in the Bible; Criticism, interpretation; In the Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-265) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: History of scholarship: the monstrification of Egypt in Ezekiel in light of the Exodus tradition and the historio-political context of the sixth century BCE; title: Monster theory; title: Chaoskampf in the ancient Near East; title: Egypt as a monstrous double in Ezekiel 20 and 23; title: Egypt as the abject: embodying Egypt as a monster and the dismemberment of its body; title: Putting the monster under check: geopolitical minimization of Egypt (Ezekiel 19:12-16) and Pharaoh's descent into Sheol (Ezekiel 32:17-32).