Egypt: The Lower Kingdom: An Exegetical Study of the Oracle of Judgment Against Egypt in Ezekiel 29,1-16

ISBN-13: 9783631545799 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 234 str.

Sudhir Kumar Minj

Opis

Ezekiel s oracles against Egypt (Ezek 29-32) account for the largest group of foreign oracles in the Book of Ezekiel. Here the first oracle of judgment (29,1-16) is the earliest dated oracle in the entire book, which contains also an oracle of salvation for Egypt (29,13-16). This is expressed in terms that are similar to those otherwise used exclusively for Israel: namely, to gather, bring back, and settle the captives in their homeland. Ezekiel s application of this formulation of the oracle of salvation to Egypt, Israel s arch rival, displays a paradigm of God s salvation for Israel in His way of dealing with Egypt. The present study addresses this particular aspect of God s comportment towards Egypt in the first oracle of judgment against her, as He places Egypt next to Israel as standing among God s people."

Spis treści

Contents : Egypt: The Lower Kingdom - An Exegetical Study of the Oracle of Judgment against Egypt in Ezekiel 29,1-16.

O autorze

The Author: Sudhir Kumar Minj, born in 1956, completed a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture in 1992 at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome and a Doctorate in Theology in 2005 at the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt am Main. He was a lecturer of Sacred Scripture at St. Albert's College, Ranchi (India) from 1992 to 2002.