reconstruction plans? Or are these chapters eschatological prophecy, looking beyond immediate circumstances to God’s future reign? Or again, are they an archetypal model, not intended ever for terrestrial realization? Relatedly, how do we negotiate the tensions between the stipulations of the Pentateuch and the differing rules of Ezekiel 40–48? This commentary defends the thesis that Ezekiel 38–48 actually consists of two disparate sections of differing generic classification. The first section in