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    <title>Book of Ezekiel</title>
    <subTitle>Chapters 25-48</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Block, Daniel I.</namePart>
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    <publisher>William B. Eerdmans</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1997</dateIssued>
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    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>826 p.  ;  25 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; General Editor's Preface; Author's Preface; Abbreviations; Part 2: Messages of Hope and Restoration for Judah/Israel (25:1-48:35); I. Negative Messages of Hope: The Oracles Against Foreign Nations (25:1-32:32); A. ORACLES OF JUDGMENT CONCERNING THE FIVE NATIONS (25:1-28:23); 1. Short Oracles Against Israel's Neighbors (25:1-17); 2. The Oracles Against Tyre (26:1-28:19); B. YAHWEH'S AGENDA FOR THE NATIONS (28:20-26); 1. Yahweh's Theological Goal (28:20-23); 2. Yahweh's Design for Israel (28:24-26) -- C. ORACLES OF JUDGMENT CONCERNING EGYPT (29:1-32:32)1. The Oracle Against Pharaoh, the Crocodile of the Nile (29:1-16); 2. The Land of Egypt: Nebuchadrezzar's Consolation Prize (29:17-21); 3. The Day of Yahweh in Egypt (30:1-19); 4. Breaking the Arms of Pharaoh (30:20-26); 5. The Doom of the Pharaonic Tree (31:1-18); 6. The Doom of the Pharaonic Monster (32:1-16); 7. Egypt's Descent into Sheol (32:17-32); II. The End of an Era (33:1-33); A. THE FINAL SUMMONS (33:1-20); 1. The Charge for the Prophetic Watchman (33:1-9); 2. The Appeal of the Prophetic Watchman (33:10-20) -- B. THE FINAL WORD (33:21-22)C. THE FINAL DISPUTATION: STAKING OUR CLAIMS (33:23-29); 1. The Popular Quotation (33:23-24); 2. The Prophet's Response (33:25-29); D. THE FINAL VINDICATION (33:30-33); III. Positive Messages of Hope for Israel: The Gospel according to Ezekiel (34:1-48:35); A. PROCLAIMING THE GOOD NEWS: "STAND BY AND SEE THE SALVATION OF YAHWEH!" (34:1-39:29); 1. The Salvation of Yahweh's Flock (34:1-31); 2. The Restoration of Yahweh's Land (35:1-36:15); 3. The Restoration of Yahweh's Honor (36:16-38); 4. The Resurrection of Yahweh's People (37:1-14) -- 5. Yahweh's Eternal Covenant with Israel (37:15-28)6. The Guarantee of Yahweh's Protection over Israel (38:1-39:29); B. ENVISIONING THE GOOD NEWS: "STAND BY AND SEE THE RETURN OF YAHWEH!" (40:1-48:35); 1. The New Temple (40:1-43:11); 2. The New Torah (43:12-46:24); 3. The New Land (47:1-48:29); 4. The New City (48:30-35); Notes; I. Selected Subjects; II. Authors; III. Scripture References; IV. Extracanonical Literature; V. Selected Hebrew Words and Phrases.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Daniel I. Block</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Bible. Ezekiel Commentaries</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">BS1543.3  .B575 1997</classification>
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