Tag Archives: Ezekiel
Ezekiel’s vision of the dry bones
Who was Ezekiel? The book of Ezekiel is one of the books of the Old Testament known as the Prophets. Ezekiel, (“God will strengthen”), was a prophet living with the Jewish exiles in Babylon after the taking of Judah and Jerusalem by Babylon, around 580-600 B.C. Ezekiel has visions of God appearing like a man, [...]
Women and Religion in Israel
The Difference between King David and his great-grandmother Ruth It is true to say the two subjects, women and religion, do not hold a central role in the religious history of the Israelites. Israel was a patrilineal society were men made the rules and wrote the history of their nation. In this history and especially [...]
What was the Babylonian Exile Really Like?
Yahweh in the Exile Ezekiel’s vision of the presence of God in Babylon had been an important step in rejuvenating the religion of Yahweh in the exile. The presence of God no longer rested in a temple or resided within the kingdoms of men, but he was omnipresent. Yahweh had followed his people into Babylon [...]
How Yahweh Became Bigger
The Babylonians Arrive Three hundred and fifty years of kings had ruled over the kingdom of Judah before Nebuchadnezzar and his Babylonian armies arrived at the gates of Jerusalem. For three hundred and fifty years Jerusalem had been growing as the center of Yahweh worship with temple based worship as its focus. This all came [...]
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