RT Article
T1 Proleptic Fulfillment of the Prophetic Word: Ezekiel's Dirges over Tyre and Its Ruler
JF Journal for the study of the Old Testament
VO 36
IS 4
SP 483
OP 505
A1 Goering, Greg Schmidt
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1777015006
AB Debates about Ezek. 28.1–19 have long centered on textual difficulties and cryptic mythological language. While these issues remain intractable, the overall structure and rhetorical strategy of the oracles concerning Tyre's ruler can be perceived by analyzing Ezek. 26.1–28.19 as a whole. Specifically, the larger passage evinces a repeated pattern of judgment oracle followed by funeral dirge. The dirges, which contain elements of parody, proleptically eulogize Tyre and its ruler before they have perished. In this way, they communicate the irreversibility of Yhwh's judgments against Tyre. Such a study suggests that rhetorical considerations ought to be considered when examining the redactional artistry of larger literary units.
K1 Parody
K1 Rhetoric
K1 Funeral Dirge
K1 Tyre
K1 Oracles against foreign nations
K1 Redaction Criticism
K1 Ezekiel
K1 Prophecy
DO 10.1177/0309089212449094