Visualising the Vision

Konstantin Stijkel, Ph.D. (2021), Protestant Theological University, is a retired town planner and nowadays a researcher of Old Testament. He has published two articles on Ezekiel in Dutch magazines (ACEBT cahier 26; Schrift 286).

• PrefaceList of Figures, Table, and MapsAbbreviations1 Introduction1 Scope of the Study2 State of the Art3 Thesis and Research Questions4 Outline of the Study5 On Method6 Structure of the Book of Ezekiel7 Structure of Ezekiel 40–488 Conclusions2 The Vision Report A Text Critical and Philological Exploration1 The Character of the Final Vision2 The Text of the Vision Report3 Studying the Text of the Vision Report4 A Text Critical and Philological Exploration5 Conclusions3 On Imagination1 The Character of Biblical Visions2 Concepts of Imagination in Western History3 Imagination4 Symbolism and Concepts of Sacred Space in the Ancient Near East and Israel5 Imitating and Depicting Biblical Examples of Sacred Space6 Imitating and Depicting the New Jerusalem7 Conclusions4 Temple Building in the Ancient Near East: A Historical and Architectural Overview1 Introduction2 Temple Ideology3 Description of Ancient Near Eastern Temples4 Egyptian Temples5 Mesopotamian Temples6 Canaanite Temples7 Conclusions5 Israelite SanctuariesPlan and Arrangement of Israelite Sanctuaries from the Tabernacle to Herod’s Temple1 Introduction2 Tabernacle3 Israelite Precursors of the Temple in Jerusalem4 Solomon’s Temple5 The Elephantine Temple6 Zerubbabel’s Temple7 Post-exilic Building Activities on the Temple Mount8 Herod’s Temple Complex9 The Temple in the Dead Sea Scrolls10 Description of the New Jerusalem11 Conclusions6 Ezekiel’s Visionary TempleIts Plan and Arrangement1 Introduction2 “I Will Put My Sanctuary among Them for Ever” (Ezek 37:26b)3 The Design and Architecture of the Temple Compound with Its Structures4 The Design and Architecture of the Temple Platform with Its Structures5 The Design and Architecture of the Temple Proper6 Ezekiel’s Temple Compared to Its Predecessors7 Conclusions7 Ezekiel’s Temple as the Ultimate Imagination1 Ezekiel’s Temple Vision Account a Rhetorical Masterpiece2 Temple Ideology and Conceptualisation3 A New Image Paradigm4 Some Iconic Concepts from the Field of Spatial Design5 The Formation of a Spatial Plan6 The Future Temple7 Some Theological Considerations on the Shape of Ezekiel’s Temple8 Reflections on the Nature of Ezekiel’s Temple9 ConclusionsArchitectural and Technical TermsBibliographyIndex of Biblical ReferencesIndex of Ancient SourcesIndex of Names and Subjects