Ezekiel 18:1-32

Ezekiel 18:1-32
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Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
- Chapter CXL, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160)
- I.7, 1.10, III.12, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- II.7, II.22, VI.6, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter IV, Considering Repentance, Tertullian (c. 203)
- II.8, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 208)
- IV.16, IV.17, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
- Chapter IX, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian (c. 211)
- Chapter VII, On Monogamy, Tertullian (c. 215)
- Chapter II, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
- II.V.2, II.VIII.3, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen. (c.225)
- VIII.XL, Against Celsus, Origen (c. 246)
- XII.30, XIII.9, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
- Epistle LI -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252)
- On the Advantage of Patience -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 256)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
  - "The people murmured at the chastising of the Lord, and therefore used this proverb meaning that their fathers had sinned and their children were punished for their transgressions."
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
  - "The question here is not about the meritorious ground of justification, but about the Lord's dealings with the righteous and the wicked."
- From Wesley's Notes.
  - "Sinners displease God when they undo themselves; they please him when they return."
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
  - "It is a universal mark of corrupt nature to lay the blame, which belongs to ourselves, on others and to arraign the justice of God."
Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary, Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32, Charles L. Aaron, Jr., Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2017.
  - "Two for one special! Ezekiel 18 not only gives us material for a sermon, it helps us to reflect on the process of preaching itself. "
- Commentary, Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32, Margaret Odell, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
  - "Somewhat paradoxically, accepting responsibility for guilt also makes it possible to let it go; this is conveyed quite literally in God's challenge to the exiles to 'cast away' their transgressions (verse 31). "
- Commentary, Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32, Margaret Odell, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
  - "...God leaves it up to human beings to choose the way of life over the way of death."
- "Prophetic Vision for a Just Economic Future," ON Scripture, Greg Carey. Commentary and association with current news events, links and videos.
  - "Ezekiel calls us to break from our former patterns to embrace God’s ways. As we parents move farther and farther toward retirement and beyond, the prophet’s vision calls us to set our children free."
- Commentary, Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32, Anathea Portier-Young, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
  - "Before we can understand what was at stake in refuting the proverb, we need to get behind it. What was this about?"
- "Repentance: Cleaning Up the Messy House," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation, 2008.
- Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
- "The Judgment of the Righteous," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
  - "How can we easily judge others or excuse our own sinfulness? How does God's thinking differ from ours?"
Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- DiVito, Robert A., "Old Testament Anthropology and the Construction of Personal Identity," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1999.
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- Geyer, John B., "Ezekiel 18 and a Hittite Treaty of Mursilis II," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1979.
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- Gosse, Bernard, "Sabbath, Identity and Universalism Go Together after the Return from Exile," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2005.
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- Hutton, Rodney R., "Are the Parents Still Eating Sour Grapes? Jeremiah's Use of the Masal in Contrast to Ezekiel," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2009.
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- Oduyoye, Mercy, "A Biblical Perspective on the Church - Imagery of Christianity," Ecumenical Review, 2001.
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- Schöpflin, Karin, "The Composition of Metaphorical Oracles within the Book of Ezekiel," Vetus Testamentum, 2005.
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- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Ezekiel 18:31. The Cyber Hymnal.
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