Biblical Bibliographies
Charles Conroy [www.cjconroy.net]



Ezek 29-32: Oracles about Egypt (mainly)



[see also:  Ezek 25-32 (in general);   Oracles against foreign nations (in general)]



The bibliography is divided into five sections as follows:

I.    General studies on Ezek 29-32 as a whole

Boadt, L., Ezekiel's Oracles Against Egypt: A Literary and Philological Study of Ezekiel 29-32 (BibOr 37; Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1980).

Bosowski, J., "Gli oracoli di distruzione contro l'Egitto Ez 29–32 alla luce della retorica ebraica", in F. Graziano – R. Meynet – B. Witek (eds.), Studi del settimo convegno RBS. International Studies on Biblical and Semitic Rhetoric (Rhetorica Biblica et Semitica, 30; Leuven: Peeters, 2021) 81-100.

Boyd, S. L., "Mirror Images: The Role of Egypt in Ezek 29-32", HS 62 (2021) 207-229.

Carvalho, C. L., "A Serpent in the Nile: Egypt in the Book of Ezekiel", in E. K. Holt – H. C. P. Kim – A. Mein (eds.), Concerning the Nations: Essays on the Oracles Against the Nations in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel (LHB/OTS 612; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015) 195-220.

Davis, E. F., "'And Pharaoh Will Change His Mind..' (Ezekiel 32:31): Dismantling Mythical Discourse", in C. R. Seitz – K. Greene-McCreight (eds.), Theological Exegesis: Essays in Honor of Brevard S. Childs (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999) 224-239.

Jeon, J., "A Source of P? The Priestly Exodus Account and the Book of Ezekiel", Semitica 58 (2016) 77-92.

Kaiser, O., "Der geknickte Rohrstab. Zum geschichtlichen Hintergrund der Überlieferung und Weiterbildung der prophetischen Ägyptensprüche im 5. Jahrhundert", in H. Gese – H. P. Rüger (eds.), Wort und Geschichte. Festschrift für Karl Elliger zum 70. Geburtstag (AOAT 18; Kevelaer; Butzon und Berker; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1973) 99-106. Reprinted in O. Kaiser, Von der Gegenwartsbedeutung des Alten Testaments: gesammelte Studien zur Hermeneutik und zur Redaktionsgeschichte. Zu seinem 60. Geburtstag am 30. November 1984. Herausgegeben von V. Fritz, K.-F. Pohlmann und H.-C. Schmitt (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1984) 181-188.

Kim, B., "A Dragon, a Reed Staff, and a Towering Cedar in Eden: Egypt in Ezekiel 29-32", in S. V. Davidson – D. Timmer (eds.), Prophetic Otherness: Constructions of Otherness in Prophetic Literature (LHB/OTS 687; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2021) 126-150.

Marzouk, S., Egypt as a Monster in the Book of Ezekiel (FAT II/76; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015).

Plessis, J., Les Prophéties d'Ézéchiel contre l'Égypte (XXIX-XXXXII) (Paris: P. Geuthner, 1912).

Rooy, H. F. van, "Ezekiel's Prophecies against Egypt and the Babylonian Exiles", in D. Assaf (ed.), Proceedings of the Tenth World Congress of Jewish Studies. Div. A: The Bible and Its World. Jerusalem, August 16-24, 1989 (Jerusalem: The World Union of Jewish Studies, 1990) 115-122.

Saur, M., "Vom Untergang Ägyptens – Ez 29-32 im Kontext des Ezechielbuches", in J. C. Gertz – C. Körting – M. Witte (eds.), Das Buch Ezechiel: Komposition, Redaktion und Rezeption (BZAW 516; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020) 151-174.

Urbanz, W., "Ägyptenworte bei den großen Propheten: Ein Survey von Jes 18-20; Jer 46 und Ez 29-32 = Oracles about Egypt in the Great Prophets : A Survey of Isa 18-20; Jer 46 and Ezek 29-32", PzB 29 (2020) 123-141.

II.    Particular studies on Ezek 29

Day, J., God's Conflict with the Dragon and the Sea: Echoes of a Canaanite Myth in the Old Testament (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications, 35; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985), esp. 93-95. [Reprint edition: Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2020]

Durlesser, J. A., The Metaphorical Narratives in the Book of Ezekiel (Lewiston, NY: Mellen Press, 2006), esp. Chap. 7 "Ezekiel 29:1-6a and 32:1-16: Metaphorical Narratives about a Water Monster".

Fechter, F., Bewältigung der Katastrophe. Untersuchungen zur ausgewählten Fremdvölkersprüchen im Ezechielbuch (BZAW 208; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1992), esp. 208-259.

Guillaume, P., "Metamorphosis of a Ferocious Pharaoh", Bib 85 (2004) 232-236.

Kennedy, J. M., "Hebrew pitḥon peh in the Book of Ezekiel", VT 41 (1991) 233-235.

Rooy, H. F. van, "Parallelism, Metre and Rhetoric in Ezekiel 29:1-6", Semitics 8 (1982) 90-105.

Ulrich, D., "Dissonant Prophecy in Ezekiel 26 and 29", BBR 10 (2000) 121-141.

Vogels, W., "Restauration de l'Égypte et universalisme en Ez. 29:3-16", Bib 53 (1972) 473-494.

Wakeman, M. K., God's Battle with the Monster. A Study in Biblical Imagery (Leiden: Brill, 1973.

Werven, B. van, "As a Fish on Dry Land: Some Remarks on Tannîn in Ezekiel", in K. van Bekkum – H. van de Kamp – J. Dekker – E. Peels (eds.), Playing with Leviathan: Interpretation and Reception of Monsters from the Biblical World (Themes in Biblical Narrative: Jewish and Christian Traditions, 21; Leiden: Brill, 2017) 40-54.

Yoder, T. R., "Ezekiel 29:3 and Its Ancient Near Eastern Context", VT 63 (2013) 486-496.

Yoder, T. R., Fishers of Fish and Fishers of Men. Fishing Imagery in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East (Explorations in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations, 4; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2016), esp. 110-118.

III.    Particular studies on Ezek 30

Albrektson, B., "Ezekiel 30:16 – A Conjecture", in T. Fornberg – D. Hellholm (eds.), Texts and Contexts. Biblical Texts in Their Textual and Situational Contexts. Essays in Honor of Lars Hartman (Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 1995) 5-10.

Görg, M., "'Der starke Arm Pharaos'. Beobachtungen zum Belegspektrum einer Metapher in Palästina und Ägypten", in Hommages à François Daumas: [de l']Institut d'égyptologie de l'Université Paul Valéry. Préface d'Antoine Guillaumont (Orientalia Monspeliensia, 3; Montpellier: Université Paul Valéry, 1986) 323-330. Reprinted in M. Görg, Studien zur biblisch-ägyptischen Religionsgeschichte (SBAB 14; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1992) 97-107.

Görg, M., "'Tachpanhes' – eine prominente judäische Adresse in Ägypten", BN 97 (1999) 24-30.

Hossfeld, F.-L., Untersuchungen zu Komposition und Theologie des Ezechielbuches (FB 20; Würzburg: Echter, 1977), esp. 184-229.

Kooij, A. van der, "The City of Alexandria and the Ancient Versions of the Hebrew Bible", JNSL 25 (1999) 137-149.

Porter, J. R., "Ezekiel XXX 16 – A Suggestion", VT 47 (1997) 128.

IV.    Particular studies on Ezek 31

Brock-Utne, A., Der Gottesgarten: eine vergleichende religionsgeschichtliche Studie (Avhandlinger utgitt av det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo. Historisk-Filosofisk Klasse 1935/2; Oslo: Dybwad, 1936), esp. 120-127.

Cook, S. L., "Mythological Discourse in Ezekiel and Daniel and the Rise of Apocalypticism in Israel", in L. L. Grabbe – R. D. Haak (eds.), Knowing the End from the Beginning: The Prophetic, the Apocalyptic and Their Relationships (JSPSup 46; London: T & T Clark, 2003) 85-106.

Durlesser, J. A., The Metaphorical Narratives in the Book of Ezekiel (Lewiston, NY: Mellen Press, 2006), esp. Chap. 6 "Ezekiel 31: Metaphorical Narrative of the Cedar Tree".

Greenfield, J. C., "A Touch of Eden", in J. Loicq (ed.), Orientalia J. Duchesne-Guillemin emerito oblata (Acta Iranica. Deuxième série, Hommages et opera minora, 9 / Acta Iranica, 23; Leiden: Brill, 1984) 219-224.

Haag, E., "Ez 31 und die alttestamentliche Paradiesvorstellung", in J. Schreiner (ed.), Wort, Lied und Gottesspruch. Festschrift für Josef Ziegler. Band II: Beiträge zu Psalmen und Propheten (FB 2; Würzburg: Echter, 1972) 171-178.

Helmer, M., Pharaos vergängliche Pracht: Analyse und Exegese der Ägyptenorakel in Ez 31 und 32 (ATSAT 91; St. Ottilien: EOS, 2010).

Metzger, M., "Zeder, Weinstock und Weltenbaum", in D. R. Daniels – U. Gleßmer – M. Rösel (eds.), Ernten, was man sät. Festschrift für Klaus Koch (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1991) 197-229.

Noort, E., "Gan-Eden in the Context of the Mythology of the Hebrew Bible", in G. P. Luttikhuizen (ed.), Paradise Interpreted. Representations of Biblical Paradise in Judaism and Christianity (Themes in Biblical Narrative. Jewish and Christian Traditions, 2; Leiden: Brill, 1999) 21-36.

Osborne, W. R., Trees and King: A Comparative Analysis of Tree Imagery in Israel's Prophetic Tradition and the Ancient Near East (BBRSup 18; University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns / Penn State University Press, 2018).

Pohlmann, K.-F., "Zur Frage nach ältesten Texten im Ezechielbuch: Erwägungen zu Ez 17, 19 und 31", in V. Fritz – K.-F. Pohlmann – H.-Chr. Schmitt (eds.), Prophet und Prophetenbuch. Festschrift für Otto Kaiser zum 65. Geburtstag (BZAW 185; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1989) 150-172.

Pohlmann, K.-F., Ezechielstudien. Zur Redaktionsgeschichte des Buches und zur Frage nach den ältesten Texten (BZAW 202; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1992), esp. 183-197.

Schweizer, H., "Der Sturz des Weltenbaumes (Ez 31) – literarkritisch betrachtet", TQ 165 (1985) 197-213.

Schweizer, H., "Die vorhergesehene Katastrophe: Der Sturz des Weltenbaumes (Ez 31)", in H. Schweizer (ed.), "Bäume braucht man doch!": das Symbol des Baumes zwischen Hoffnung und Zerstörung (Sigmaringen: Thorbecke, 1986) 89-108.

Stolz, F., "Die Bäume des Gottesgartens auf dem Libanon", ZAW 84 (1972) 141-156.

Stordalen, T., Echoes of Eden: Genesis 2-3 and Symbolism of the Eden Garden in Biblical Hebrew Literature (CBET 25; Leuven: Peeters, 2000).

Strong, J. T., "Verb Forms of עמם in Ezekiel and Lamentations", Bib 88 (2007) 546-552.

Tuckett, C. M., "The Parable of the Mustard Seed and the Book of Ezekiel", in H. J. de Jonge – J. Tromp (eds.), The Book of Ezekiel and Its Influence (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007) 97-101.

Willis, J. T., "National 'Beauty' and Yahweh's 'Glory' as a Dialectical Key to Ezekielian Theology", HBT 34 (2012) 1-18.

V.    Particular studies on Ezek 32

Allen, L. C., "Annotation Clusters in Ezekiel", ZAW 102 (1990) 408-413.

Day, J., God's Conflict with the Dragon and the Sea: Echoes of a Canaanite Myth in the Old Testament (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications, 35; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985), esp. 93-95. [Reprint edition: Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2020]

Doak, B. R., "Ezekiel's Topography of the (Un-)Heroic Dead in Ezekiel 32:17–32", JBL 132 (2013) 607-624.

Durlesser, J. A., The Metaphorical Narratives in the Book of Ezekiel (Lewiston, NY: Mellen Press, 2006), esp. Chap. 7 "Ezekiel 29:1-6a and 32:1-16: Metaphorical Narratives about a Water Monster".

Eissfeldt, O., "Schwerterschlagene bei Hesekiel", in H. H. Rowley (ed.), Studies in Old Testament Prophecy: Presented to Professor Theodore H. Robinson by the Society for Old Testament Study on his Sixty-Fifth Birthday, August 9th 1946 (Edinburgh: T & T Clark; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950) 73-81. Reprinted [same title] in O. Eissfeldt, Kleine Schriften III. Hrsg. von Rudolf Sellheim und Fritz Maass (Tübingen: Mohr [Siebeck], 1966) 1-8.

Guillaume, P., "Metamorphosis of a Ferocious Pharaoh", Bib 85 (2004) 232-236.

Helmer, M., Pharaos vergängliche Pracht: Analyse und Exegese der Ägyptenorakel in Ez 31 und 32 (ATSAT 91; St. Ottilien: EOS, 2010).

Humbert, P., "Démesure et chute dans l'Ancien Testament", in J. Cadir et al., "Maqqél shâqédh". La Branche d'amandier. Hommage à Wilhelm Vischer (Montpellier: Causse, Graille, Castelnau, 1960) 63-82.

Jahnow, H., Das hebräische Leichenlied im Rahmen der Völkerdichtung (BZAW 36; Giessen: Töpelmann, 1923), esp. 228-231 and 231-239.

Kilchör, B., "Ezechiel und Ägypten: ein Vorschlag zur Identifikation der Fremden in Ezechiel 44,7.9", BN 179 (2018) 3-17.

Lewis, T. J., "CT 13.33-34 and Ezekiel 32: Lion-Dragon Myths", JAOS 116 (1996) 28-47.

Lust, J., "Major Divergences between LXX and MT in Ezekiel", in A. Schenker (ed.), The Earliest Text of the Hebrew Bible. The Relationship Between the Masoretic Text and the Hebrew Base of the Septuagint Reconsidered. Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Basel 2001 (SBLSCS 52; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003) 83-92. Reprinted in J. Lust, Messianism and the Septuagint: Collected Essays. Edited by K. Hauspie (BETL 178; Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2004) 201-209.

Nobile, M., "Beziehung zwischen Ez 32,17-32 und der Gog-Perikope (Ez 38-39) im Lichte der Endredaktion", in J. Lust (ed.), Ezekiel and His Book. Textual and Literary Criticism and Their Interrelation (BETL 74; Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1986) 255-259.

Strong, J. T., "Verb Forms of עמם in Ezekiel and Lamentations", Bib 88 (2007) 546-552.

Strong, J. T., "Egypt's Shameful Death and the House of Israel's Exodus from Sheol (Ezekiel 32.17-32 and 37.1-14)", JSOT 34.4 (June 2010) 475-504.

Suriano, M. J., The Politics of Dead Kings. Dynastic Ancestors in the Book of Kings and Ancient Israel (FAT II/48; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010), esp. 163-165.

Wells, S. – C. B. Hays, "Gradations of Degradation: Ezekiel's Underworld as a Temple of Doom", OTE 33 (2020) 490-514.

Werven, B. van, "As a Fish on Dry Land: Some Remarks on Tannîn in Ezekiel", in K. van Bekkum – H. van de Kamp – J. Dekker – E. Peels (eds.), Playing with Leviathan: Interpretation and Reception of Monsters from the Biblical World (Themes in Biblical Narrative: Jewish and Christian Traditions, 21; Leiden: Brill, 2017) 40-54.

Yoder, T. R., Fishers of Fish and Fishers of Men. Fishing Imagery in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East (Explorations in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations, 4; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2016), esp. 110-118.