From law to prophecy : Ezekiel's use of the holiness code - Lyons, Michael A. (New York : T & T Clark, 2009)
H and its relation to Ezekiel -- The contents of Leviticus 17-26 -- Leviticus 17-26 as a discrete unit -- Theories of the composition of Leviticus 17-26 -- Leviticus 17-26 is an independent legal corpus added to P -- Leviticus 17-26 is a series of redactional layers in P -- Leviticus 17-26 is the product of the composer of Leviticus -- H is a late supplement to P -- Dating the holiness code -- The direction of literary dependence -- Did Ezekiel the prophet write the holiness code? -- Did the author of H use Ezekiel? -- Did H and Ezekiel share a common source? -- Did the compositions H and Ezekiel influence each other? -- Did Ezekiel the prophet use the holiness code? -- Tools for evaluating textual dependence -- Terminology and task -- Intertextuality -- Influence -- Allusion -- Quotation -- Criteria for determining directionality -- Modification -- Incongruity -- Conceptual dependence -- Interpretive expansion -- Other criteria -- Criteria for determining purposeful use -- Frequency and distribution of locutions -- Awareness of context -- Availability of options -- Interaction with the source text -- The process by which Ezekiel shaped the material -- Selection -- Presentation -- Modification -- Reasons for modification -- Interpretation -- Integration into a new context -- Disagreement -- Techniques of modification -- Modification of word order -- Creation of word pairs -- Splitting and recombination into parallel lines -- Creation of word clusters -- Combination and conflation -- Wordplay -- Reversals -- The rhetoric of Ezekiel's use of the holiness code -- Appeal to authority -- How Ezekiel uses the holiness code in his arguments -- Accusation -- Judgment -- Hope -- Instruction -- The nations as witnesses -- The use of H in expansions of the book -- Ezekiel's use of H as a response to the exile -- The exilic background of Ezekiel and his book -- From problem to solution -- Recent study of Ezekiel and the exile.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-197) and indexes.
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc