History As Harlotry in the Book of Ezekiel: Textual Expansion in Ezekiel 16 9783161608735, 3161608739

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Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe Edited by Konrad Schmid (Zürich) ∙ Mark S. Smith (Princeton) Hermann Spieckermann (Göttingen) ∙ Andrew Teeter (Harvard)

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Tracy J. McKenzie

History as Harlotry in the Book of Ezekiel Textual Expansion in Ezekiel 16

Mohr Siebeck

Tracy J. McKenzie, born 1968; 2001 – 06 studied at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; 2003 MDiv; 2006 PhD; 2006 – 08 full-time instructor, since 2008 a full-time faculty member at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; 2018 ThD from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen; since 2021 full Professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. orcid.org/0000-0002-8839-4862

ISBN 978-3-16-160873-5 / eISBN 978-3-16-160874-2 DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-160874-2 ISSN 1611-4914 / eISSN 2568-8367 (Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 2. Reihe) The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliographie; detailed bibliographic data are available at http://dnb.dnb.de. © 2022  Mohr Siebeck Tübingen, Germany.  www.mohrsiebeck.com This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that permitted by copyright law) without the publisher’s written permission. This applies particularly to reproductions, translations and storage and processing in electronic systems. The book was printed on non-aging paper by Laupp & Göbel in Gomaringen, and bound by Buchbinderei Nädele in Nehren. Printed in Germany.







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