Ezek 8-11
The Departure of the Glory of the Lord

I.    Divine Absence and Presence in Ezek in general

Block, D. I., "Divine Abandonment: Ezekiel's Adaptation of an Ancient Near Eastern Motif", in M. S. Odell – J. T. Strong (eds.), The Book of Ezekiel: Theological and Anthropological Perspectives (SBLSymS 9; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000) 15-42.

Burnett, J. S., "The Question of Divine Absence in Israelite and West Semitic Religion", CBQ 67 (2005) 215-235.

Kutsko, J. F., Between Heaven and Earth: Divine Presence and Absence in the Book of Ezekiel (Biblical and Judaic Studies from the University of California San Diego, 7; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2000).

Levitt Kohn, R. – R. Moore, "Where is God? Divine Presence in the Absence of the Temple", in S. Malena – D. Miano (eds.), Milk and Honey. Essays on Ancient Israel and the Bible in Appreciation of the Judaic Studies Program at the University of California, San Diego (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2007) 133-153.

Strong, J. T., "God's Kābôd: The Presence of Yahweh in the Book of Ezekiel", in M. S. Odell – J. T. Strong (eds.), The Book of Ezekiel: Theological and Anthropological Perspectives (SBLSymS 9; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000) 69-95.

Terrien, S. L., "Presence in Absence", in B. C. Ollenburger (ed.), The Flowering of Old Testament Theology. A Reader in Twentieth-Century Old Testament Theology, 1930-1990 (Sources for Biblical and Theological Study, 1; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1992) 254-275; = [same title] in B. C. Ollenburger (ed.), Old Testament Theology. Flowering and Future (Sources for Biblical and Theological Study, 1; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2004) 191-202.

Tuell, S. S., "Divine Presence and Absence in Ezekiel's Prophecy", in M. S. Odell – J. T. Strong (eds.), The Book of Ezekiel: Theological and Anthropological Perspectives (SBLSymS 9; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000) 97-116.

II.    Ezek 8-11 as a whole

Becker, J., "Ez 8-11 als einheitliche Komposition in einem pseudepigraphischen Ezechielbuch", in J. Lust (ed.), Ezekiel and His Book. Textual and Literary Criticism and their Interrelation (BETL 74; Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1986) 136-150.

Ehring, C., Die Rückkehr JHWHs. Traditions- und religionsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen zu Jesaja 40,1-11, Jesaja 52,7-10 und verwandten Texten (WMANT 116; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2007).

Everson, A. J., "Ezekiel and the Glory of the Lord Tradition", in D. Durken (ed.), Sin, Salvation, and the Spirit. Commemorating the Fiftieth Year of The Liturgical Press (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1979) 163-176.

Galambush, J., Jerusalem in the Book of Ezekiel. The City as Yahweh's Wife (SBLDS 130; Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1992).

Ganzel, T., "The Defilement and Desecration of the Temple in Ezekiel", Bib 89 (2008) 369-379.

Greenberg, M., "The Vision of Jerusalem in Ezekiel 8-11: A Holistic Interpretation", in J. L. Crenshaw – S. Sandmel (eds.), The Divine Helmsman: Studies on God's Control of Human Events Presented to Lou H. Silberman (New York: Ktav, 1980) 143-164.

Horst, F., "Exilsgemeinde und Jerusalem in Ez VIII-XI. Eine literarische Untersuchung", VT 3 (1953) 337-360.

Hossfeld, F. L., "Die Tempelvision Ez 8-11 im Licht unterschiedlicher methodischer Zugänge", in J. Lust (ed.), Ezekiel and His Book. Textual and Literary Criticism and their Interrelation (BETL 74; Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1986) 151-165.

Nay, R., Jahwe im Dialog. Kommunikationsanalytische Untersuchung von Ez 14, 1-11 unter Berücksichtigung des dialogischen Rahmens in Ez 8-11 und Ez 20 (AnBib 141; Roma: Editrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1999).

Nobile, M., "Lo sfondo cultuale di Ez 8-11", Anton 58 (1983) 185-200.

Rooy, H. F. van, "Translation Technique and Translating a Translation, with Special Reference to Ezekiel 8-11", Aramaic Studies 5 (2007) 225-238.

Ruwe, A., "Die Veränderung tempeltheologischer Konzepte in Ezechiel 8-11", in B. Ego – A. Lange – P. Pilhofer (eds.), Gemeinde ohne Tempel, Community without Temple. Zur Substituierung und Transformation des Jerusalemer Tempels und seines Kults im Alten Testament, antiken Judentum und frühen Christentum (WUNT 118; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1999) 3-18.

Sweeney, M. A., "The Destruction of Jerusalem as Purification in Ezekiel 8-11", in M. A. Sweeney, Form and Intertextuality in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature (FAT 45; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2005) 144-155.

Tooman, W. A., "Ezekiel's Radical Challenge to Inviolability", ZAW 121 (2009) 498-514.

Vogt, E., Untersuchungen zum Buch Ezechiel (AnBib 95; Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1981), esp. 38-62.

Wong, K. L., The Idea of Retribution in the Book of Ezekiel (VTSup 87; Leiden: Brill, 2001), esp. 158-178.

III.    Specific points in Ezek 8

Ackerman, S., "A marzēaḥ­ in Ezekiel 8:7-13?", HTR 82 (1989) 267-281.

Ackerman, S., Under Every Green Tree. Popular Religion in Sixth-Century Judah (HSM 46; Atlanta, GA: Scholars, 1992), esp. 37-99.

Alster, B., "Tammuz", in K. van der Toorn – B. Becking – P. W. van der Horst (eds.), Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. Second extensively revised edition (Leiden: Brill; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999) 828-834.

Avishur, Y., "The 'Duties of the Son' in the 'Story of Aqhat' and Ezekiel's Prophecy on Idolatry (Ch.8)", UF 17 (1985) 49-60.

Botta, A. F., "רחק in the Bible: A Re-Evaluation", Bib 87 (2006) 418-420.

Burnside, J. P., The Signs of Sin: Seriousness of Offence in Biblical Law (JSOTSup 364; London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2003), esp. 186-224.

Cross, F. M., "A Papyrus Recording a Divine Legal Decision and the Root rḥ­q in Biblical and Near Eastern Legal Usage", in M. V. Fox – V. A. Hurowitz – A. Hurvitz (eds.), Texts, Temples, and Traditions: A Tribute to Menahem Haran (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1996) 311-320.

Day, J. N., "Ezekiel and the Heart of Idolatry", BSac 164 (2007) 21-33.

Dijkstra, M., "Goddess, Gods, Men and Women in Ezekiel 8", in B. Becking – M. Dijkstra (eds.), On Reading Prophetic Texts: Gender-Specific and Related Studies in Memory of Fokkelien van Dijk-Hemmes (Biblical Interpretation Series, 18; Leiden: Brill, 1996) 83-114.

Gurney, O. R., "Tammuz Reconsidered: Some Recent Developments", JSS 7 (1962) 142-160.

Jacobsen, T., "Toward the Image of Tammuz", History of Religions 1 (1962) 189-213.

Lutzky, H. C., "On 'The Image of Jealousy' (Ezekiel viii 3,5)", VT 46 (1996) 121-124.

Margalit, B., "The Myth of Tammuz in Biblical Narrative," in C. Cohen – V. A. Hurowitz – A. Hurvitz – Y. Muffs – B. J. Schwartz – J. Tigay (eds.), Birkat Shalom: Studies in the Bible, Ancient Near Eastern Literature, and Postbiblical Judaism Presented to Shalom M. Paul on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2008) 531-548.

Mettinger, T. N. D., "The 'Dying and Rising God': A Survey of Research from Frazer to the Present Day", SEÅ 63 (1998) 111-123.

Müller, H.-P., "Sterbende und auferstehende Vegetationsgötter? Eine Skizze", TZ 53 (1997) 74-82.

Odell, M. S., "What Was the Image of Jealousy in Ezekiel 8?", in L. L. Grabbe – A. O. Bellis (eds.), The Priests in the Prophets. The Portrayal of Priests, Prophets and Other Religious Specialists in the Latter Prophets (JSOTSup 408; London: T & T Clark, 2004) 134-148.

Olson, D., "What Got the Gatekeepers into Trouble?", JSOT 30 (2005) 223-242.

Rose, Martin, Der Ausschliesslichkeitsanspruch Jahwes. Deuteronomische Schultheologie und die Volksfrömmigkeit in der späten Königszeit (BWANT 106; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1975), espec. 194-213.

Saggs, H. W. F., "The Branch to the Nose (Ez 8,17)", JTS N.S. 11 (1960) 318-329.

Sarna, N. M., "Ezekiel 8:17. A Fresh Examination", HTR 57 (1964) 347-352; = [same title], in his Studies in Biblical Interpretation (Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society, 1999-2000) 305-310.

Schnocks, J., "Eine intertextuelle Verbindung zwischen Ezechiels Eifersuchtsbild und Sacharjas Frau im Efa", BN 84 (1996) 59-63.

Schurte, R., "Der Räucherkult von Ez 8,7-13 – ein ägyptischer Kult?" in S. Bickel – S. Schroer – R. Schurte – C. Uehlinger (eds.), Bilder als Quellen. Images as Sources. Studies on Ancient Near Eastern Artefacts and the Bible Inspired by the Work of Othmar Keel (OBO Sonderband; Fribourg: Academic Press, 2007) 403-424.

Wong, Ka Leung, "A Note on Ezekiel viii 6", VT 51 (2001) 396-400.

Yamauchi, E. M., "Tammuz and the Bible", JBL 84 (1965) 283-290.

IV.    Specific points in Ezek 9-10

Bartelmus, Rüdiger, "Die Tierwelt in der Bibel, II: Tiersymbolik im Alten Testament – exemplarisch dargestellt am Beispiel von Dan 7, Ez 1/10 und Jes 11,6-8", in B. Janowski – U. Neumann-Gorsolke – U. Gleßmer (eds.), Gefährten und Feinde des Menschen. Das Tier in der Lebenswelt des alten Israel (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1993) 283-306.

Bodi, D., The Book of Ezekiel and the Poem of Erra (OBO 104; Freiburg, Schweiz: Universitätsverlag; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1991), esp. 95-111.

Borowski, E., "Cherubim: God's Throne?", BAR 21/4 (1995) 36-41.

Dijkstra, M., "The Glosses in Ezekiel Reconsidered: Aspects of Textual Transmission in Ezekiel 10", in J. Lust (ed.), Ezekiel and His Book. Textual and Literary Criticism and their Interrelation (BETL 74; Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1986) 55-77.

Evans, A., "Jewish Angelology and the Absence of Ezekiel 1:14 and 10:14 in the Old Greek Version of the Septuagint", OTE 20 (2007) 653-668.

Grelot, P., "GALGAL (Ézéchiel 10, 2.6.13 et Daniel 7,9)", Transeu 15 (1998) 137-147.

Halperin, D. J., "The Exegetical Character of Ezek. X 9-17", VT 26 (1976) 129-141.

Hartenstein, F., "Cherubim and Seraphim in the Bible and in the Light of Ancient Near Eastern Sources", in F. V. Reiterer – T. Nicklas – K. Schöpflin (eds.), Angels. The Concept of Celestial Beings – Origins, Development and Reception (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, Yearbook 2007; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2007) 155-188.

Hossfeld, Frank-Lothar, "Probleme einer 'ganzheitlichen Lektüre' der Schrift. Dargestellt am Beispiel Ez 9-10", TQ 167 (1987) 266-277.

Jensen, R. M., "Of Cherubim and Gospel Symbols", BAR 21/4 (1995) 42-43, 65.

Keel, O., Jahwe-Visionen und Siegelkunst: Eine neue Deutung der Majestätsschilderungen in Jes 6, Ez 1 und 10 und Sach 4 (SBS 84/85; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1977).

Keel, O., "Merkwürdige Geschöpfe", Bibel und Kirche 60 (2005) 139-144.

Launderville, D., "Ezekiel's Throne-Chariot Vision: Spiritualizing the Model of Divine Royal Rule", CBQ 66 (2004) 361-377.

Olley, J. W., "Ezekiel LXX and Exodus Comparisons", VT 59 (2009) 116-122.

Puech, E., "4QEz^a: Note additionnelle", RQ 14 (1989) 107-108.

Sinclair, L. A., "A Qumran Biblical Fragment: 4QEzek^a (Ezek. 10,17–11,11)", RQ 14 (1989) 99-105.

Tiemeyer, L.-S., "Zechariah's Spies and Ezekiel's Cherubim", in M. J. Boda – M. Floyd (eds.), Tradition in Transition: Haggai and Zechariah 1-8 in the Trajectory of Hebrew Theology (LHB/OTS 475; London: T&T Clark, 2008) 95-119.

Vogt, E., Untersuchungen zum Buch Ezechiel (AnBib 95; Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1981), esp.63-91.

Vonach, A., "Der Hochbetagte und sein Umfeld. Von prophetischen Theophanien zu christologischen Epiphanien", in K. Huber – B. Repschinski (eds.), Im Geist und in der Wahrheit. Studien zum Johannesevangelium und zur Offenbarung des Johannes sowie andere Beiträge. Festschrift für Martin Hasitschka SJ zum 65. Geburtstag (Neutestamentliche Abhandlungen, 52; Münster: Aschendorff, 2008) 307-330.

Wood, A., Of Wings and Wheels: A Synthetic Study of the Biblical Cherubim (BZAW 385; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2008).

Yadin, A., "qwl as Hypostasis in the Hebrew Bible", JBL 122 (2003) 601-626.

V.    Specific points in Ezek 11

Baltzer, D., "Literarkritische und literarhistorische Anmerkungen zur Heilsprophetie im Ezechiel-Buch", in J. Lust (ed.), Ezekiel and His Book. Textual and Literary Criticism and their Interrelation (BETL 74; Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1986) 166-181, esp. 169-171.

Barthélemy, D., "'Un seul', 'un nouveau' ou 'un autre'? A propos de l'intervention du Seigneur sur le coeur de l'homme selon Ez 11,19a et des problèmes de critique textuelle qu'elle soulève", in R. Mosis – L. Ruppert (eds.), Der Weg zum Menschen. Zur philosophischen und theologischen Anthropologie (Freiburg: Herder, 1989) 329-338.

Botta, A. F., "רחק in the Bible: A Re-Evaluation", Bib 87 (2006) 418-420.

Cross, F. M., "A Papyrus Recording a Divine Legal Decision and the Root rḥ­q in Biblical and Near Eastern Legal Usage", in M. V. Fox – V. A. Hurowitz – A. Hurvitz (eds.), Texts, Temples, and Traditions: A Tribute to Menahem Haran (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns 1996) 311-320.

Graffy, A., A Prophet Confronts His People. The Disputation Speech in the Prophets (AnBib 104; Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1984), esp. 42-52.

Hossfeld, F.-L., "Ezechiel und die deuteronomisch-deuteronomistische Bewegung", in W. Groß (ed.), Jeremia und die "deuteronomistische Bewegung" (BBB 98; Weinheim: Beltz Athenäum, 1995) 271-295.

Joyce, P. M., "Dislocation and Adaptation in the Exilic Age and After", in J. Barton – D. J. Reimer (eds.), After the Exile: Essays in Honour of Rex Mason (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1996) 45-58.

Leene, H., "Ezekiel and Jeremiah. Promises of Inner Renewal in Diachronic Perspective", in J. C. de Moor – H. F. van Rooy (eds.), Past, Present, Future. The Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets (OTS 44; Leiden: Brill, 2000) 150-175.

Lengruber Lobosco, R., "Ez 11,14-21 – graça e escatologia", Estudos bíblicos 94 (2007) 21-39.

Levin, C., Die Verheißung des neuen Bundes in ihrem theologiegeschichtlichen Zusammenhang ausgelegt (FRLANT 137; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1985) esp. 205-209.

Lust, J., "Exile and Diaspora: Gathering from Dispersion in Ezekiel," in J.-M. Auwers – A. Wénin (eds), Lectures et relectures de la Bible. Festschrift P.-M. Bogaert (BETL 144; Leuven: Leuven University Press / Peeters, 1999) 99-122.

Nobile, M., "'Sarò per essi un tempio per poco tempo': Da Ezechiele all'Apocalisse: il tragitto di un'idea", in E. Bosetti – A. Colacrai (eds.), Apokalypsis: percorsi nell'Apocalisse in onore di Ugo Vanni. Presentazione di Carlo M. Martini (Assisi: Cittadella, 2005) 127-146, esp. 127-132.

Oded, B., "'Yet I Have Been to Them למקדשׁ מעט in the Countries Where They Have Gone' (Ezekiel 11:16)", in C. Cohen – A. Hurvitz – S. M. Paul (eds.), Sefer Moshe: The Moshe Weinfeld Jubilee Volume. Studies in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, Qumran, and Post-Biblical Judaism (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2004) 103-114.

Ohnesorge, Stefan, Jahwe gestaltet sein Volk neu. Zur Sicht der Zukunft Israels nach Ez 11,14-21; 20,1-44; 36,16-38; 37,1-14.15-28 (FB 64; Würzburg: Echter, 1991), esp. 4-77.

Pikor, W., "La teologia della terra nel libro di Ezechiele (11,14-21; 33,23-29; 36,1-15)", in A. Malina (ed.), On His Way: Studies in Honour of Professor Klemens Stock, S.J. on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday (Katowice: Ksiegarnia sw. Jacka, 2004) 63-78.

Schöpflin, K., "The Destructive and Creative Word of the Prophet in the Book of Ezekiel", in M. Augustin – H. M. Niemann (eds.), Stimulation from Leiden. Collected Communications to the XVIIIth Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, Leiden 2004 (BEATAJ 54; Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2006) 113-118.

Sedlmeier, F., "'Deine Brüder, deine Brüder...'. Die Beziehung von Ez 11,14-21 zur dtn-dtr Theologie", in W. Groß (ed.), Jeremia und die "deuteronomistische Bewegung" (BBB 98; Weinheim: Beltz Athenäum, 1995) 297-312.

Tiemeyer, L.-S., "Abraham – A Judahite Prerogative", ZAW 120 (2008) 49-66.

Wong, K. L., The Idea of Retribution in the Book of Ezekiel (VTSup 87; Leiden: Brill, 2001), esp. 205-211.