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Ezekiel
Hebrew prophet
Quick Facts
- Also spelled:
- Ezechiel
- Hebrew:
- Yeḥezqel
- Flourished:
- 6th century bc
- Flourished:
- c.600 BCE - c.550 BCE
- Notable Works:
- The Book of Ezekiel
Ezekiel (flourished 6th century bc) was a prophet-priest of ancient Israel and the subject and in part the author of an Old Testament book that bears his name. Ezekiel’s early oracles (from c. 592) in Jerusalem were pronouncements of violence and destruction; his later statements addressed the hopes of the Israelites exiled in Babylon. The faith of Ezekiel in the ultimate establishment of a new covenant between God and the people of Israel has had profound influence on the postexilic reconstruction and reorganization of Judaism. Ezekiel’s ministry was conducted in Jerusalem and Babylon in the first three decades of the ...(100 of 668 words)