Ezekiel the tragedian
Ezekiel was a Jewish tragedy poet. He lived in the 2nd century BC. BC , probably in Alexandria .
Ezekiel wrote the tragedy Exagogue in Greek . In it he describes the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Of the text - iambic trimeters written in good Greek - only seventeen fragments remain.
It is the oldest known dramatization of biblical material.
Text editions and translations
- Howard Jacobson (Ed.): The Exagoge of Ezekiel. Cambridge 1983, ISBN 0-521-24580-X (edition with English translation)
- Pierluigi Lanfranchi: L'exagoge d'Ezéchiel le Tragique (= Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha 21). Leiden 2006, ISBN 978-90-04-15063-8 (edition with French translation and commentary)
literature
- Carlo Scardino: Ezekiel. In: Bernhard Zimmermann , Antonios Rengakos (Hrsg.): Handbook of the Greek literature of antiquity. Volume 2: The Literature of the Classical and Hellenistic Period. CH Beck, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-406-61818-5 , pp. 920-923
- Albrecht Dieterich : Ezekiel . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 2, Stuttgart 1909, Col. 1701 f.
- Ernst Vogt : tragedian Ezekiel. In: Jewish writings from the Hellenistic-Roman period IV. Poetic writings. Gütersloh 1974/1977/1983, pp. 113-133.
Web links
Wikisource: The translation of Paul Rießler - sources and full texts
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ezekiel the tragedian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish tragedian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |