Abstract
In the book of the prophet Ezekiel, indications are found of the interaction between the prophet and his audience. Prophecy always had the aim to convince its audience of something and are therefore always of a rhetorical nature. It happens frequently that the rhetorical aim and situation of a prophetic book receives attention. This article attempts to reconstruct the possible original rhetorical situation of those instances where the prophet uses quotations and react on them. Before discussing the different cases, three theoretical issues receive attention, namely the rhetorical approach used in this article, the use of quotations in the Bible and so-called disputations. In the book, quotations occur in two contexts, namely before and after the fall of Jerusalem. The refutation of the quotations aims to address the despondency of the exiles and exhorting them with the message that God will bring deliverance in the future.Keywords: Ezekiel, rhetoric, quotations
Highlights
Die artikel probeer om iets van die moontlike oorspronklike retoriese situasie te rekonstrueer in die gevalle waar die profeet woorde van sy gehoor aanhaal en daarop reageer
Die weerlegging van die aanhalings het soms die doel gehad om die ballinge oor hulle moedeloosheid aan te spreek en soms om hulle aan te moedig met die boodskap dat God tog in die toekoms vir hulle uitkoms sal gee
Daar kan wel gevra word in hoe ’n mate die oorspronklike retoriese situasie van ’n spesifieke profetiese woord bepaal kan word
Summary
Die retoriese funksie van die wisselwerking tussen ’n profeet en sy gehoor in die boek Esegiël. Die artikel probeer om iets van die moontlike oorspronklike retoriese situasie te rekonstrueer in die gevalle waar die profeet woorde van sy gehoor aanhaal en daarop reageer. In die boek van die profeet Esegiël is daar meermale aanduidings van ’n wisselwerking tussen die profeet en sy gehoor. In hierdie artikel word gepoog om iets van die moontlike oorspronklike retoriese situasie te rekonstrueer in die gevalle waar die profeet woorde aanhaal en daarop reageer. Ook White (1992) wys in sy definisie daarop dat simbole in retoriek gebruik word om verandering by die hoorders teweeg te bring: The purposive use of symbols in an attempt to induce change in some receiver(s), thereby derivatively modifying the circumstances that provoked, or made possible, the symbolic interaction between persuader(s) and receiver(s). 1.‘Twisgesprek’ word hier gebruik vir wat in Engels bekend staan as ’n ‘disputation’ of ’n ‘disputation speech’
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