Visualising the Vision

Preface

List of Figures, Table, and Maps

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

 1 Scope of the Study

 2 State of the Art

 3 Thesis and Research Questions

 4 Outline of the Study

 5 On Method

 6 Structure of the Book of Ezekiel

 7 Structure of Ezekiel 40–48

 8 Conclusions

2 The Vision Report

A Text Critical and Philological Exploration

 1 The Character of the Final Vision

 2 The Text of the Vision Report

 3 Studying the Text of the Vision Report

 4 A Text Critical and Philological Exploration

 5 Conclusions

3 On Imagination

 1 The Character of Biblical Visions

 2 Concepts of Imagination in Western History

 3 Imagination

 4 Symbolism and Concepts of Sacred Space in the Ancient Near East and Israel

 5 Imitating and Depicting Biblical Examples of Sacred Space

 6 Imitating and Depicting the New Jerusalem

 7 Conclusions

4 Temple Building in the Ancient Near East: A Historical and Architectural Overview

 1 Introduction

 2 Temple Ideology

 3 Description of Ancient Near Eastern Temples

 4 Egyptian Temples

 5 Mesopotamian Temples

 6 Canaanite Temples

 7 Conclusions

5 Israelite Sanctuaries

Plan and Arrangement of Israelite Sanctuaries from the Tabernacle to Herod’s Temple

 1 Introduction

 2 Tabernacle

 3 Israelite Precursors of the Temple in Jerusalem

 4 Solomon’s Temple

 5 The Elephantine Temple

 6 Zerubbabel’s Temple

 7 Post-exilic Building Activities on the Temple Mount

 8 Herod’s Temple Complex

 9 The Temple in the Dead Sea Scrolls

 10 Description of the New Jerusalem

 11 Conclusions

6 Ezekiel’s Visionary Temple

Its Plan and Arrangement

 1 Introduction

 2 “I Will Put My Sanctuary among Them for Ever” (Ezek 37:26b)

 3 The Design and Architecture of the Temple Compound with Its Structures

 4 The Design and Architecture of the Temple Platform with Its Structures

 5 The Design and Architecture of the Temple Proper

 6 Ezekiel’s Temple Compared to Its Predecessors

 7 Conclusions

7 Ezekiel’s Temple as the Ultimate Imagination

 1 Ezekiel’s Temple Vision Account a Rhetorical Masterpiece

 2 Temple Ideology and Conceptualisation

 3 A New Image Paradigm

 4 Some Iconic Concepts from the Field of Spatial Design

 5 The Formation of a Spatial Plan

 6 The Future Temple

 7 Some Theological Considerations on the Shape of Ezekiel’s Temple

 8 Reflections on the Nature of Ezekiel’s Temple

 9 Conclusions

Architectural and Technical Terms

Bibliography

Index of Biblical References

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Names and Subjects