Visualising the Vision : : A Study of the Plan of Ezekiel's Temple.

• Superior document: Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies ; v.83
• Author: Stijkel, Konstantin.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (337 pages)

In scholarly debate Ezekiel's temple is considered to be a blueprint for a new temple or a symbolic designation for the future Israel. A middle ground between these two options may be found in interpreting the vision as a spatial concept.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Figures, Table, and Maps -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Scope of the Study -- 2 State of the Art -- 3 Thesis and Research Questions -- 4 Outline of the Study -- 5 On Method -- 6 Structure of the Book of Ezekiel -- 7 Structure of Ezekiel 40-48 -- 8 Conclusions -- 2 The Vision Report: A Text Critical and Philological Exploration -- 1 The Character of the Final Vision -- 2 The Text of the Vision Report -- 3 Studying the Text of the Vision Report -- 4 A Text Critical and Philological Exploration -- 5 Conclusions -- 3 On Imagination -- 1 The Character of Biblical Visions -- 2 Concepts of Imagination in Western History -- 3 Imagination -- 4 Symbolism and Concepts of Sacred Space in the Ancient Near East and Israel -- 5 Imitating and Depicting Biblical Examples of Sacred Space -- 6 Imitating and Depicting the New Jerusalem -- 7 Conclusions -- 4 Temple Building in the Ancient Near East: A Historical and Architectural Overview -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Temple Ideology -- 3 Description of Ancient Near Eastern Temples -- 4 Egyptian Temples -- 5 Mesopotamian Temples -- 6 Canaanite Temples -- 7 Conclusions -- 5 Israelite Sanctuaries: Plan and Arrangement of Israelite Sanctuaries from the Tabernacle to Herod's Temple -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Tabernacle -- 3 Israelite Precursors of the Temple in Jerusalem -- 4 Solomon's Temple -- 5 The Elephantine Temple -- 6 Zerubbabel's Temple -- 7 Post-exilic Building Activities on the Temple Mount -- 8 Herod's Temple Complex -- 9 The Temple in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- 10 Description of the New Jerusalem -- 11 Conclusions -- 6 Ezekiel's Visionary Temple: Its Plan and Arrangement -- 1 Introduction -- 2 "I Will Put My Sanctuary among Them for Ever" (Ezek 37:26b).

3 The Design and Architecture of the Temple Compound with Its Structures -- 4 The Design and Architecture of the Temple Platform with Its Structures -- 5 The Design and Architecture of the Temple Proper -- 6 Ezekiel's Temple Compared to Its Predecessors -- 7 Conclusions -- 7 Ezekiel's Temple as the Ultimate Imagination -- 1 Ezekiel's Temple Vision Account a Rhetorical Masterpiece -- 2 Temple Ideology and Conceptualisation -- 3 A New Image Paradigm -- 4 Some Iconic Concepts from the Field of Spatial Design -- 5 The Formation of a Spatial Plan -- 6 The Future Temple -- 7 Some Theological Considerations on the Shape of Ezekiel's Temple -- 8 Reflections on the Nature of Ezekiel's Temple -- 9 Conclusions -- Architectural and Technical Terms -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Back Cover.