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.