Vad är problemet med den besvärlige profeten? En receptionshistorisk analys av Hesekieltexten i Talmud-Bavli

Abstract

This essay will examine the reception-history of Ezekiel in Talmud-Bavli, tractate Hagigah 13a, where the issues about Ezekiel are discussed to a length by the Tannaim and Amoraim of their times. This chapter is often (mis)understood as constituting heavy criticisms of the Prophet, when in fact the Sages are underlining the books highly sacred and most holy literary content. Hidden in the Book of Ezekiel lies the very voice of HASHEM, causing death and destruction if the reader does not handle the knowledge about the word hashmal with utter awe and thoroughly measures of precaution.