Ezekiel (International Critical Commentary | ICC)
Overview
G.A. Cooke's 1936 text offers an in-depth and useful discourse on the Book of Ezekiel, with a commentary that easily rivals modern-day studies. Abundant notes on the Hebrew assist readers not familiar with its complexities, and light is shed on some of the textual problems and challenges to be found in Ezekiel.
Top Highlights
“Secondly, the vision refers to the present state of the living, not to the future state of the dead. Belief in a general resurrection had not yet arisen in Israel.” (Page 397)
“‘man is exalted among creatures; the eagle is exalted among birds; the ox is exalted among domestic animals; the lion is exalted among wild beasts; and all of them have received dominion, and greatness has been given them, yet they are stationed below the chariot of the Holy One,’” (Page 14)
“It is obvious that the possibility of a revival did not occur to the prophet; at the time there was no established belief in a resurrection of the dead.” (Page 399)
“True, the Judaean exiles only are addressed; but they were the persons immediately concerned, and they must be roused from hopelessness if they were ever to take the lead in building up the future of the entire nation.” (Page 397)
“Wholly unexpected, therefore, is the terrible invasion described in these two chapters. It takes place after God’s people have been restored, 38:8, 11f., 14.” (Page 406)
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- Title: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Ezekiel
- Author: G. A. Cooke
- Series: International Critical Commentary
- Publisher: T&T Clark
- Print Publication Date: 1936
- Logos Release Date: 2005
- Pages: 558
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Ezekiel › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9780567050168, 0567050165
- Resource ID: LLS:ICC_EZE
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:04:02Z
Reviews
3 ratings
Moshe Wise
12/27/2022
Similar to its abuse of many other volumes in the ICC series, here again Faithlife failed to accurately represent the printed text of this book when converting to a Logos text. This is especially obvious in the Hebrew text in the Logos edition where absurdities caused by incompetent transcription and/or bad OCR occur throughout this book.
MDD
4/5/2017
