A new heart : a commentary on the book of Ezekiel /
Bruce Vawter and Leslie J. Hoppe.
- Grand Rapids : Edinburgh : Eerdmans ; Handsel Press, 1991.
- xi, 218 pages ; 21 cm.
- International theological commentary .
- International theological commentary. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-218).
Introduction -- -- Part I: The Prophet and the People (1:1-7:27) -- Ezekiel's Call (1:1-3:15) -- Prophetic Instructions (3:16-27) -- Symbolic Acts against Jerusalem (4:1-5:17) -- Oracles against Israel (6:1-7:27) -- -- Part II: Judgment on the Present (8:1-14:23) -- The Temple Vision (8:1-11:25) -- Acts Symbolic of the Exile (12:1-28) -- False Prophecy (13:1-14:23) -- -- Part III: Judgment on the Past (15:1-24:27) -- The Great Allegories (15:1-19:14) -- The Sword of the Lord (20:1-21:32) -- The Bloody City (22:1-24:27) -- -- Part IV: Oracles Against the Nations (25:1-32:32) -- Against Israel's Close Neighbors (25:1-17) -- Against Tyre and Sidon (26:1-28:26) -- Against Egypt (29:1-32:32) -- -- Part V: Judah's Restoration (33:1-39:29) -- A Transition to Consolation (33:1-33) -- Israel's Shepherds and God' Sheep (34:1-31) -- Judgment for Edom -Salvation for Israel (35:1-36:15) -- Israel's New Heart and Spirit (36:16-38) -- The Dry Bones Will Live (37:1-14) -- The Two Sticks (37:15-28) -- The Gog and Magog Oracles (38:1-39:29) -- -- Part VI: The Kingdom of God (40:1-48:35) -- The Temple Vision (40:1-42:20) -- The Return of God's Glory (43:1-12) -- Temple Legislation (43:13-46:24) -- Land Outside the Temple (47:1-48:35) -- Epilogue -- Bibliography.
Vawter's study on the Book of Ezekiel is a contribution to the International Theological Commentary, whose goal is to bring the Old Testament alive in the worldwide church. In moving beyond the usual critical-historical approach to the Bible, the series offers a distinctive theological interpretation of the Hebrew text.