A
much-neglected prophet, Ezekiel is nevertheless a key figure in Old
Testament religion. Standing where he does, at the great crisis point of
Israel's history, the exile, he confronts the basic questions, can the
nation survive?, and, should it? Ezekiel represents the priestly strand
in Israel's thinking, which lays such weight on the temple as the place
of the presence of God. How can the nation be sustained when it has been
deprived of its traditional place of worship? Ezekiel's reply is that
the presence of God is still available, even in the land of exile, but
that the presence is yet to be restored to its proper place in
Jerusalem. Like the other volumes in the Old Testament Guides series,
this compact study of Ezekiel will be much appreciated by the student
turning to the study of the prophet for the first time.
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