It is well known that the book of Ezekiel is replete with the vocabulary of holy and
profane on the one hand, and contains several retellings of the history of Israel on
the other hand. It is the purpose of this study to examine the relationship between
these two aspects. It is argued that Israel’s past is characterized as a
history of profanation of what pertains to God, its present exilic condition is
depicted as a state of profanation, and its future is portrayed as a result of
God’s sanctification. It is also noted that this understanding of
Israel’s history reveals the ambivalent character of the (experience of) exile.
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