SCRUTINIZING THE SABBATH COMMANDMENTS IN THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL
Keywords:
Sabbath-commandment, Exodus, Holiness Code, Ezekiel, locution, accusation, redaction techniqueAbstract
This paper examines the thematic and literary correspondences between the Sabbath references (locutions) in the Book of Ezekiel and those attested in the Pentateuch. The analysis focuses on the literary and redaction techniques used to interpret, integrate and re-contextualize the Sabbath locutions into the new textual environment. I argue that the application of the Sabbath commandment was part of Ezekiel’s strategy to tackle the exile and to shape the identity of the exiles.References
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