"What Did Ezekiel See?" : : Christian Exegesis of Ezekiel's Vision of the Chariot from Irenaeus to Gregory the Great / / Angela G.R. Christman.

• Superior document: The Bible in Ancient Christianity ; 4
• VerfasserIn: Christman, Angela G.R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: The Bible in Ancient Christianity ; 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

"What Did Ezekiel See?" analyzes the development of early Christian exegesis of Ezekiel 1, the prophet's vision of the chariot. It demonstrates that as patristic commentators sought to discern this text's meaning, they attended carefully to its very words, its relation to other biblical books, and the emerging Christian interpretive tradition. In the first six centuries of the common era, three dominant exegetical strands develop concurrently: one which finds in Ezekiel's vision confirmation of the unity of Old and New Testaments, a second which shows the significance of Ezekiel 1 for discussions of human knowledge of God, and a third which reads the prophet's vision as illuminating the life of virtue. The book will be useful to students of early Christianity, especially those concerned with the development of Christian exegesis, and to those interested in biblical studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Ezekiel's Vision and the Christian Reading of the Old and New Testaments; Chapter Three Ezekiel's Vision and the Incomprehensibility of God; Chapter Four Ezekiel's Vision and the Christian Moral Life; Chapter Five Conclusion; Appendix 1 Ezekiel 1 in the Septuagint and Vulgate; Appendix 2 Phaedrus 246-254; Bibliography; Index