The Book of Ezekiel - Patterned After a Mesopotamian City by Donna Lee Petter

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243 kirugu 8. 244 kirugus 7 and 11. 245 kirugu 12. 246 kirugu 12. 247 kirugus 6 and 7. 248 kirugu 7:208. 249 kirugu 6. 250 kirugu 9. 241 43 composition, language, content, structure, authorship, and cultic use in order to provide some context for the ensuing discussion. But most important, the standard features commonly associated with the city laments and their first millennium counterparts, the balags and erñemmas were isolated and illustrated from the primary sources. Although the historical city lament had a short life span in terms of tradition history, their features influenced the balags and erñemmas.

The emphasis seems to lie on divine freedom and accessibility to the populace. Just as one freely enters and exits a house, city or land, so too the gods come and go and have easy access to their temple, people and land. 126 At once the reader notices the dominance of these anthropomorphic images. 23 describing the deity as having turned against it these particular phrases are unique to NL. 127 As the verb “abandon” rather than “depart” was used specifically to speak of 123 LSUr 133, 375–377, 167.

With respect to the placement and function of the oracles against the nations in Ezekiel, I will offer another possibility below. 314 Dobbs-Allsopp, Weep, 161. 315 Ibid. , 154 –155. , poets and prophets) had access to and chose to borrow from one or more of the Mesopotamian laments over a period of at least two hundred years” (157). 319 His investigation reveals that no single Psalm contains all the city lament features. 320 For example, the subject and mood of these seven Psalms is grim. 326 Assignment of responsibility lies with God alone.

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