Prof. Tova Ganzel

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The Book of Ezekiel and Additional Prophetic Texts

The Book of Ezekiel

The study of the Book of Ezekiel has accompanied me since the beginning of my academic journey. In my work, I examine Ezekiel’s biblical sources, his distinctive language, and the vision of the temple in the concluding chapters of the book.

I authored the commentary on Ezekiel in the main editions of The Jewish Study Bible and the HarperCollins Study Bible, and I serve as co-chair of the Ezekiel program unit at the SBL annual meetings.

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  1. Tova Ganzel. Destruction and Restoration in the Seer’s Prophecy: Studies in the Prophecies of Ezekiel. Alon-Shvut: Tevunot-Herzog, 2012 [Hebrew].
  2. Expanded version: Ezekiel: From Destruction to Restoration. Jerusalem: Maggid, 2020 [English].
  3. Tova Ganzel, “The Transformation of Pentateuchal Descriptions of Idolatry.” In Transforming Visions: Transformations of Text, Tradition, and Theology in Ezekiel, edited by William A. Tooman and Michael A. Lyons, 33–49. Princeton Theological Monograph Series 127. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick, 2009.
  4. Tova Ganzel, “The Purification of the People in Ezekiel: The Pentateuchal Background.” Beit Mikra 53 (2008): 47–58 [Hebrew]. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23510758
  5. Tova Ganzel, “The Defilement and Desecration of the Temple in Ezekiel.” Biblica 89 (2008): 369–79. http://www.jstor.org/stable/42614841
  6. Tova Ganzel, “The Status of Functionaries in the Future Temple of Ezekiel.” Shnaton: An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 19 (2009): 11–25 [Hebrew].  https://www.jstor.org/stable/23414235 
  7. Tova Ganzel, “The Descriptions of the Restoration of Israel in Ezekiel.” Vetus Testamentum 60 (2010): 197–211.  https://doi.org/10.1163/156853310X489098
  8. Tova Ganzel, “Explicit and Implicit Polemics in Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Torah Commentary.” HUCA 81 (2013): 171–91. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23509956
  9. Tova Ganzel, “Ezekiel’s Restoration Oracles: A Terminological Consideration.” Beit Mikra 58 (2013): 62–74 [Hebrew]. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23790478
  10. Tova Ganzel, “God’s Name in Ezekiel,” Zer Rimonim: Studies in Biblical Literature and Jewish Exegesis Presented to Professor Rimon Kasher, edited by Michael Avioz, Elie Assis, and Yael Shemesh, 206–19. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2013 [Hebrew].
  11. Tova Ganzel, “Isaiah’s Critique of Shebna’s Trespass: A Reconsideration of Isa 22:15–25.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 39, no. 4 (2015): 469–87. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309089215590360
  12. Tova Ganzel, “A Note on the Meaning of Ḥamas in Ezekiel.” Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament: An International Journal of Nordic Theology 29 (2015): 197–203. https://doi.org/10.1080/09018328.2015.1039826 
  13. Tova Ganzel and Risa Levitt-Kohen, “Ezekielʼs Prophetic Message in Light of Leviticus 26.” In The Formation of the Pentateuch: Bridging the Academic Cultures of Europe, Israel, and North America, edited by Jan C. Gertz, Bernard M. Levinson, and Dalit Rom-Shiloni, 1069–78. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016.
  14. Tova Ganzel, “Ezekiel's Nonverbal Language as Prophetic Message. ” Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 134, no. 2 (2022): 179–92. https://doi.org/10.1515/zaw-2022-2002
  15. Tova Ganzel, “The Reworking of Ezekiel’s Temple Vision in the Temple Scroll.” In Law, Literature, and Society in Legal Texts from Qumran: Papers from the Ninth Meeting of the International Organization of Qumran Studies, Leuven 2016, edited by Jutta Jokiranta and Molly Zahn, 230–452. Leiden: Brill, 2019.
  16. Tova Ganzel. “4Q385 (Pseudo-Ezekiel) in the Context of Ezekiel’s Restoration” accepted for publication, FAT series from Mohr Siebeck, 2023
  17. Tova Ganzel, “Ezekiel,” in The Jewish Study Bible, edited by Marc Brettler and Adele Berlin, 1033–1123. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
  18. Tova Ganzel, “Ezekiel,” in HarperCollins Study Bible, 3rd edition (HCSB), edited by Nicole L. Tilford, SBL Press. 2023.
  19. Tova Ganzel, “The Fast of Gedaliah: Its Continued Observance and Significance in the Restoration Period.” Shnaton: An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 20 (2010): 51–69 [Hebrew].  https://www.jstor.org/stable/23412698
  20. Tova Ganzel, “The Prophecies of Joel: A Bridge between Ezekiel and Haggai.” Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 11 (2011): 1–22. Translated and published in Hungarian by Xaver Szabo in a volume of collection of studies on prophecy in the biblical world, 2017.    DOI: 10.5508/jhs.2011.v11.a6