Apocryphon of Ezekiel
Template:Short description The Apocryphon of Ezekiel is an apocryphal book, written in the style of the Old Testament, as revelations of Ezekiel. It survives only in five fragments[1] including quotations in writings by Epiphanius, Clement of Rome and Clement of Alexandria, and the Chester Beatty Papyri 185.[2] It is likely to have been composed c. 50 BC – 50 AD, although some scholars suggest a date closer to 7 AD.
The largest fragment tells of a king who holds a feast to which he invites everyone except two beggars, a blind man and a cripple.[3] The two are angry and determine to have their revenge: the cripple sits on the blind man's shoulders, and together they damage the king's orchard, but the king discovers what they have done and punishes them both.[4] The moral of the story, according to the narrator, is that this proves the resurrection of the body, since soul and body must function together.[5]
Pseudo-Ezekiel, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, is possibly further fragments of this text, or it may be a different work concerning Ezekiel, but it is unclear.[6]
Bibliography
- W. Milton Timmons, "Everything About the Bible That You Never Had Time to Look Up", p. 192
- Travis Darren Trost, "Who Should Be King in Israel?", p. 157
- Mercer dictionary of the Bible: Ezekiel, p. 283
References
External links
- ↑ R. E. Mueller and S. E. Robinson, Apocryphon of Ezekiel (First Century B.C.-First Century A.D.). A New Translation and Introduction, in James H. Charlesworth (1985), The Old Testament Pseudoepigrapha, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company Inc., Volume 2, Template:ISBN (Vol. 1), Template:ISBN (Vol. 2). Here cited vol. 1 pp. 487-488
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