Ezekiel and Eschatological Violence

Alicia R. Jackson, Ph.D. (2018), University of Birmingham (UK), is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Vanguard University. She has published articles and chapters in edited volumes on prophetic literature and hermeneutics, including “How the Apostles Read Ezekiel as Christian Scripture” in The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness: Reading Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel as Christian Scripture (IVP Academic, 2023) and “The Spirit of Yahweh in Ezekiel” in The Spirit Throughout the Canon: Pentecostal Pneumatology (Brill, 2022).

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1 Introduction1.1 The Task1.2 Methodological Approaches1.3 Structure and Flow of the Study2 Pentecostal Interpretations of Ezekiel 36.16–39.29; Revelation 19.11–21, 20.7–102.1 A Tale of Two Movements. Dispensationalism’s Influence on Pentecostalism2.2 Pentecostal Interpretations from 1906–20062.3 Conclusion3 Pentecostal Eschatology of Contemporary Scholars3.1 Pentecostal Eschatology: a Brief Overview3.2 Contemporary Pentecostal Alternatives to Dispensational Eschatology3.3 Conclusion4 Overview of the Book of Ezekiel4.1 History of Ezekiel Scholarship4.2 Historical Background and Setting4.3 Theological Motifs in the Book of Ezekiel4.4 Structure of the Book of Ezekiel4.5 Reading Ezekiel 36.16–39.29 as a Unit4.6 Ezekiel 36.16–39.29. Primary Theological Themes4.7 Conclusion5 Literary Analysis of Ezekiel 37.15–285.1 Text and Translation5.2 Delimitation of Pericope5.3 Structural Analysis5.4 Rhetorical Analysis5.5 Conclusion6 The Two Sticks. Transforming and Subverting Metaphors6.1 Transforming the Bloodshed Metaphor6.2 Transforming New Heart and Spirit Imagery6.3 Transforming Militaristic Implications of the Resurrected Army6.4 Transforming Davidic Kingship6.5 Transforming Human Violence6.6 Conclusion7 Intertextual Analysis of Revelation 19.11–21 and 20.7–107.1 Ezekiel 38–39 as Pre-text for Revelation 19.17–21 and 20.7–107.2 Revelation 19.11–21 Rhetorical Analysis7.3 Revelation 20.7–10 Rhetorical Analysis7.4 Intertextual Reading: Ezekiel 36.16–39.29 and Revelation 19.11–21; 20.7–107.5 Conclusion8 Conclusion8.1 Concluding Theological Observations8.2 Constructing a Hopeful Pentecostal Eschatology8.3 Contributions of This Study8.4 Suggestions for Future ResearchBibliographyIndex of Biblical ReferenceIndex of Names and SubjectsIndex of Authors