Ezekiel and Eschatological Violence

Pentecostal Interpretation of Ezekiel 36–39 and Revelation 19–20

Alicia R. Jackson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

340 Seiten

2025
Brill (Verlag)
9789004714373 (ISBN)

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This monograph engages Ezek. 36.16–39:29, Rev. 19.11-21, and Rev. 20.7-10, offering a Pentecostal peace reading of these texts as an alternative to Pentecostal interpretations that follow classical dispensationalism’s expectation for eschatological violence.

This monograph explores the topic of eschatological violence in Pentecostal biblical interpretation of Ezek. 36.16–39:29, Rev. 19.11-21, and Rev. 20.7-10. By reviewing Pentecostal reception history of these texts, considering the influence of classical dispensationalism on Pentecostal biblical interpretation and eschatology, this study offers a peace reading that aligns with both early Pentecostal writers and contemporary Pentecostal scholars whose eschatology departs from classical dispensationalism. This monograph builds a case for envisioning a hopeful and proleptic premillennial eschatology that emphasizes the peace and reconciliation of the gospel more than ‘end times’ war and 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).

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1 Introduction

1.1 The Task

1.2 Methodological Approaches

1.3 Structure and Flow of the Study

2 Pentecostal Interpretations of Ezekiel 36.16–39.29; Revelation 19.11–21, 20.7–10

2.1 A Tale of Two Movements. Dispensationalism’s Influence on Pentecostalism

2.2 Pentecostal Interpretations from 1906–2006

2.3 Conclusion

3 Pentecostal Eschatology of Contemporary Scholars

3.1 Pentecostal Eschatology: a Brief Overview

3.2 Contemporary Pentecostal Alternatives to Dispensational Eschatology

3.3 Conclusion

4 Overview of the Book of Ezekiel

4.1 History of Ezekiel Scholarship

4.2 Historical Background and Setting

4.3 Theological Motifs in the Book of Ezekiel

4.4 Structure of the Book of Ezekiel

4.5 Reading Ezekiel 36.16–39.29 as a Unit

4.6 Ezekiel 36.16–39.29. Primary Theological Themes

4.7 Conclusion

5 Literary Analysis of Ezekiel 37.15–28

5.1 Text and Translation

5.2 Delimitation of Pericope

5.3 Structural Analysis

5.4 Rhetorical Analysis

5.5 Conclusion

6 The Two Sticks. Transforming and Subverting Metaphors

6.1 Transforming the Bloodshed Metaphor

6.2 Transforming New Heart and Spirit Imagery

6.3 Transforming Militaristic Implications of the Resurrected Army

6.4 Transforming Davidic Kingship

6.5 Transforming Human Violence

6.6 Conclusion

7 Intertextual Analysis of Revelation 19.11–21 and 20.7–10

7.1 Ezekiel 38–39 as Pre-text for Revelation 19.17–21 and 20.7–10

7.2 Revelation 19.11–21 Rhetorical Analysis

7.3 Revelation 20.7–10 Rhetorical Analysis

7.4 Intertextual Reading: Ezekiel 36.16–39.29 and Revelation 19.11–21; 20.7–10

7.5 Conclusion

8 Conclusion

8.1 Concluding Theological Observations

8.2 Constructing a Hopeful Pentecostal Eschatology

8.3 Contributions of This Study

8.4 Suggestions for Future Research

Bibliography

Index of Biblical Reference

Index of Names and Subjects

Index of Authors

Erscheinungsdatum	18.01.2025
Reihe/Serie	Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series ; 49
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	578 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-13	9789004714373 / 9789004714373
Zustand	Neuware