@inbook{064f087b9b0f4afda74c3408de6c88b5,
title = "“Is he not a Riddle Monger?” הלא ממשׁל משׁלים הוא: Ezekiel{\textquoteright}s sign-acts as a coordinated sequence",
abstract = "This article begins with an examination of Ezekiel 12:1–20, focusing in particular on its relationship to the book{\textquoteright}s other sign-acts. The author argues that Ezekiel 12:1–20 is linked to chapters 2–5(6) and 24, and that it has been crafted to sit strategically between them. In the second part of the article, I consider the whole sequence of sign-acts in Ezekiel and argue that they are a coordinated sequence. Their coordination is signalled by many verbal, topical, temporal, and argumentative links. The result of this coordination is that the sign-acts present a progressive line of argumentation that speaks about the fate of five populations: the inhabitants of Jerusalem (until 586/7 BCE), the survivors of the siege in 586/7 BCE, exiles of the first deportation in Babylon, exiles of the second deportation to Babylon, and the wider Judahite diaspora.",
keywords = "Ezekiel, Sign act, Judgement, Restoration, Ezekiel 4-5, Ezekiel 12, Ezekiel 21, Ezekiel 24, Ezekiel 36, Symbolic action, Exile, Literary architecture, Prophets, Prophecy",
author = "Tooman, \{William Arthur\}",
year = "2024",
month = nov,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1515/9783111521015-012",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783111519739",
series = "Beihefte zur Zeitschrift f{\"u}r die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft",
publisher = "de Gruyter",
pages = "189--206",
editor = "Tyler Mayfield and Penelope Barter",
booktitle = "Ezekiel{\textquoteright}s sign-acts",
address = "Germany",
}