The Domestic Violence in the Book of Ezekiel?

Authors

  • Wojciech Pikor Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTh.2015.009

Keywords

Book of Ezechiel, feminist exegesis, domestic violence, pornography, martial metaphor, covenant, Ezechiel

Abstract

The author puts a question about proper hermeneutics of the texts in Ezekiel 16 and 23. He asks this question in the context of feminist exegesis of these prophecies, which reads it in three clues: prophetic pornography, domestic violence and gender reversal. A critical assessment of these proposals makes one indicate certain hermeneutical principles to be applied in reading (including the feminist one) in Ezekiel 16 and 23: interpreting these texts must involve tradition criticism as well as literary analysis of the martial metaphor of Yahweh and Israel. One must also include the original communicative context present in the oracles as well as historical-salvific context which is Yahweh’s covenant with Israel.

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2015-10-22

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PIKOR, Wojciech. The Domestic Violence in the Book of Ezekiel?. Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia. Online. 22 October 2015. Vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 43-66. [Accessed 6 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/BPTh.2015.009.

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