The Exile And the Prophet's Wife
Subtitle: Historic Events And Marginal Perspectives (Interfaces)
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: October 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780814651773
Subjects: Religion & Beliefs; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; History; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - Old Testament; O.T; General; Religion; Fiction; Ezekiel; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament; Bible; Jews; O.T.; (Biblical figure); Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C; Bible.; Ezekiel's wife; (Biblical character)
First sentence: The Old Testament can be read in a variety of ways.
Description: "The author uses the unnamed character of Ezekiel's wife as a witness to explain the Exile in Babylon, at the same time providing historical information about Israel, the Temple cult, and the religion of Babylon; the reader is introduced to two methods of biblical criticism (ideological and psychoanalytical)"--Provided by publisher.