The First Chapter on the Book of Ezekiel as a Model of Communication between the Lord and the World He Created

2011

Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института, Iss 4, Pp 115-136 (2011)

The article is devoted to interpretation of an image of the Chariot in Chapter 1 of the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel. The author tries to get into a riddle of the first vision of Ezekiel and proposes the hypothesis of the Chariot as a model of mutual relations between God and the world created by Him. This model is presented as a certain dynamic image of the Chariot. The offered model is based on the results of analysis of four metaphors specific for the Book of Ezekiel. The research rests upon various ancient translations of Chapter 1 of the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel, other Biblical and Non-Biblical texts, which help to clarify meanings of words in these metaphors, determine associative chains of these metaphors, and to reconstruct the worldview particular for the times of the Prophet.

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St. Philaret’s Christian Orthodox Institute, 2011.

the first vision of the prophet ezekiel, the fiery chariot, the vault of heaven, wheels of the cherubs, feet of the cherubs, a figure of a person on the throne, первое видение пророка иезекииля, огненная колесница, небесный свод, колеса херувимов, ноги херувимов, фигура человека на троне, biblical studies, библеистика, Religion (General), BL1-50