Echoes of a Prophet

Gary T. Manning Jr. is an Assistant Professor of New Testament and Director of the Graduate School in Honolulu, Hawaii.

• Chapter 1: Introduction and Method; An extensive discussion of the method of "comparative intertextuality," placing it within the scope of intertextual studies in the late twentieth century. Chapter 2: The Use of Ezekiel in the Dead Sea Scrolls; Shows the important role that quotations of and allusions to Ezekiel played in explaining the history, identity, and eschatology of the Community. Twenty-seven such references, to at least twenty chapters in Ezekiel, are examined in some detail. Chapter 3: The Use of Ezekiel in Other Second Temple Literature; Examines quotations of and allusions to Ezekiel in Sirach, Testament of Levi, 1 Enoch, Psalms of Solomon, 4 Maccabees, and Lives of the Prophets. These works only allude to three of Ezekiel's oracles. Chapter 4: Allusions to Ezekiel in John: Major Allusions; Examines the role of allusions to Ezekiel in John 10 (Shepherds and Sheep) and in John 15 (Vine and Branches). Chapter 5: Allusions to Ezekiel in John: Minor Allusions; Examines John's use of imagery from Ezekiel's "opened heavens," the "dry bones" oracle" and the adoption of some aspects of Ezekiel's water symbolism. Chapter 6: Summary and Conclusion

'This is a methodical and careful investigation of an elusive question' Paul B. Decock, Neotestamentica, vol 41 (12) 2007