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The Altar of Ezekiel: Fact or Fiction?

The Altar of Ezekiel: Fact or Fiction? THE ALTAR OF EZEKIEL: FACT OR FICTION? by MEINDERT DIJKSTRA Wilnis 1. The problem of Ezekiel's altar 1.1. The Old Testament studies which have been devoted to the form and derivation of the altar in Ezek. xliii 13-17' disagree con- siderably about architectural details, but display a remarkable con- formity on the shape of the altar as a whole. When compared, the different designs show a similar towerlike structure composed of three cubes of diminishing size with a total height varying between ten and twelve cubits. Differences depend on different calculations, measuring the altar from the level of the inner court or from the bottom of the gutter which supposedly surrounded the altar. 3 If the 23 horns of the altar are included in the measurements, they are a cubit high, an estimate based on the LXX's rendering of vs. 15. Ever since the rediscovery of the Mesopotamian ziggurat, it has been assumed that the concept of Ezekiel's altar was reminiscent of such a temple-tower.4 Albright and others have even tried to prove that some architectural terms used in Ezekiel's description were of Babylonian provenance.5 Did the ziggurat, however, serve as a model for the design of "Ezekiel's http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vetus Testamentum Brill

The Altar of Ezekiel: Fact or Fiction?

Dijkstra, Meindert
Vetus Testamentum , Volume 42 (1): 22 – Jan 1, 1992
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© 1992 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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THE ALTAR OF EZEKIEL: FACT OR FICTION? by MEINDERT DIJKSTRA Wilnis 1. The problem of Ezekiel's altar 1.1. The Old Testament studies which have been devoted to the form and derivation of the altar in Ezek. xliii 13-17' disagree con- siderably about architectural details, but display a remarkable con- formity on the shape of the altar as a whole. When compared, the different designs show a similar towerlike structure composed of three cubes of diminishing size with a total height varying between ten and twelve cubits. Differences depend on different calculations, measuring the altar from the level of the inner court or from the bottom of the gutter which supposedly surrounded the altar. 3 If the 23 horns of the altar are included in the measurements, they are a cubit high, an estimate based on the LXX's rendering of vs. 15. Ever since the rediscovery of the Mesopotamian ziggurat, it has been assumed that the concept of Ezekiel's altar was reminiscent of such a temple-tower.4 Albright and others have even tried to prove that some architectural terms used in Ezekiel's description were of Babylonian provenance.5 Did the ziggurat, however, serve as a model for the design of "Ezekiel's

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