Clothing, nudity, and shame in the Book of Ezekiel and Prophetic Oracles of Judgement

Anja Klein

Clothing, nudity, and shame in the Book of Ezekiel and Prophetic Oracles of Judgement

School of Divinity

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The topics of clothing, nudity, and shame are linked closely in the prophetic books and open up a theological pattern of salvation and judgement. It is especially the book of Ezekiel that in the historic reviews Ezek 16 and 23 describes the history of Israel in terms of nudity and clothing. While Israel’s initial need of help is symbolised by the nudity of personified Jerusalem, who is nurtured and clothed by Yhwh, its later infidelity results in the violent loss of her clothing.
The paper will investigate the occurrences of these topics in the prophetic book and shows how they are used to interpret biblical history.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Clothing and Nudity in the Hebrew Bible
Editors	Christoph Berner, Sarah Schulz, Manuel Schäfer, Martin Schott, Martina Weingärtner
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	T. & T. Clark
Pages	499-523
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Print)	9780567678478
Publication status	Published - 27 Jun 2019

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clothing
nudity
shame

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Clothing, nudity, and shame in the Book of Ezekiel and Prophetic Oracles of Judgement. / Klein, Anja.
Clothing and Nudity in the Hebrew Bible. ed. / Christoph Berner; Sarah Schulz; Manuel Schäfer; Martin Schott; Martina Weingärtner. London: T. & T. Clark, 2019. p. 499-523.

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