TY - BOOK AU - Lapsley,Jacqueline E. TI - Can these bones live?: the problem of the moral self in the book of Ezekiel T2 - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft SN - 9783110822977 AV - BS410 .Z5 vol. 301eb U1 - 221.6 22 PY - 2000/// CY - New York PB - W. de Gruyter KW - Bible KW - Ezekiel KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - fast KW - Ethics in the Bible KW - Morale dans la Bible KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Studies KW - Old Testament KW - bisacsh KW - Judaism KW - Sacred Writings N1 - Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Emory University; Includes bibliographical references; Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- I. Imagining the Moral Self -- II. Practical Matters -- Chapter 2: A History of Scholarship -- I. Early Concerns -- II. Individualism -- III. Wrestling with the Tension -- IV. A New Framework -- Chapter 3: Biblical Portraits of the Human Moral Self Outside of Ezekiel -- I. Virtuous Moral Selfhood: The Dominant View -- II. Neutral Moral Selfhood: The Minority View -- III. Summary And Conclusion -- Chapter 4: The Shift in the Origin of Moral Selfhood from Intrinsic in Human Beings to Gift from God -- I. The Tension; II. The Language of RepentanceIII. The Language of Determinism -- IV. Conclusion -- Chapter 5: The Shift in the Form of Moral Selfhood from Action to Knowledge -- I. The Knowledge of God -- II. Human Self-Knowledge -- III. Conclusion -- Chapter 6: The Shift in the Origin and Form of Moral Selfhood and the Portrait of Human Beings in the Restoration Chapters (Chapters 36-48). -- I. Divine Re-Creation and the Waning of Action (Chapters 36-39) -- II. The Centrality of Knowledge in Chapters 40-48 -- III. Action as Secondary Consequence of the New Identity; IV. Summary and Conclusion to the ChapterChapter 7: Conclusion -- I. Summary of the Argument -- II. Implications for Ezekiel -- III. Implications for Us -- Bibliography UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=627984 ER -