The Exagoge of Ezekiel (1983 Jacobson), book

The Exagoge of Ezekiel (1983) is a book by Howard Jacobson.

Editions and translations

Published in Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1983.

Table of contents

• Introduction
  • 1. The Exagoge
  • 2. The date of the Exagoge
  • 3. The provenance of the Exagoge
  • 4. Ezekiel's audience, purpose, and religious position
  • 5. Traditional exegesis in the Exagoge
  • 6. The Exagoge and fifth-century tragedy
  • 7. The dramatic structure of the Exagoge
  • 8. Ezekiel's influence
  • 9. Ezekiel's knowledge of Hebrew and the Hebrew Bible
• The Exagoge: Text and Translation
• Commentary
  • 1. The Prologue
  • 2. Sepphora: Meeting and Marriage
  • 3. Moses' dream
  • 4. The burning bush
  • 5. The plagues
  • 6. The Passover regulations
  • 7. The crossing of the Red Sea
  • 8. The oasis at Elim
• Appendix: The Metre and Prosody of the Exagoge

External links

• Google Books (partial text)