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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «POLITOLOGIYA. RELIGIOVEDENIE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RELIGION STUDIES»
ISSN 2073-3380 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2024. Vol 48

“Shamanic Illness” of the Prophet Ezekiel: Criticism of the Concept

Author(s)
A. B. Gasymov
Abstract
This article is devoted to refuting the concept of Yong-Chi Rhie, who proposes to read the narrative of the calling of the prophet Ezekiel as a shamanic illness (in Korean shamanism). Since the author investigates the story in question as such, without textual criticism, the refutation of the researcher's concept is constructed from within the biblical corpus. To analyze the problem, all key elements of both the shamanic illness and the calling of the biblical prophets are parsed in detail. It is noted that the comparison of the two phenomena – shamanic illness and the calling of a prophet – omits a number of important elements (spirit possession, physical and psychological suffering of the shamanic candidate, and the ritual of initiation into mudang). The paper emphasizes the biblical context of the calling of the prophets. A detailed examination of the account of the calling of the prophet Ezekiel reveals that this narrative is typical of such narratives in the Old Testament.
About the Authors
Gasymov Arseniy Bahrusovich, Postgraduate, Department of Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 27-4, Lomonosovskij av., Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation, e-mail: arseniy-gas@mail.ru
For citation

Gasymov A.B. “Shamanic Illness” of the Prophet Ezekiel: Criticism of the Concept. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2024, vol. 48, pp. 140-149. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2024.48.140 (in Russian)

Keywords
prophet Ezekiel, shamanic illness, vocation, God, Bible.
UDC
224.4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2024.48.140
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