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5 unusual facts about Ezekiel


Book of Ezekiel

In the 1st century AD the historian Josephus said that the prophet wrote two books: he may have had in mind the Apocryphon of Ezekiel, a 1st-century BC text that expands on the doctrine of resurrection.

The Book of Ezekiel describes itself as the words of the Ezekiel ben-Buzi, a priest living in exile in the city of Babylon between 593 and 571.

Ezekiel

In Judaism and Christianity, he is also viewed as the author of the Book of Ezekiel that reveals prophecies regarding the destruction of Jerusalem, the restoration to the land of Israel and the Millennial Temple visions, or the Third Temple.

Ithobaal III

Ithobaal III (Latin Ithobalus, Hebrew Ethbaal), was recorded by Josephus as the king on the list of kings of Tyre reigning 591/0-573/2 BCE at the time of the first fall of Jerusalem, and therefore the subject of Ezekiel's cherub in Eden.

Juan Bautista Villalpando

Villalpando's major work as a scholar was a commentary on the prophet Ezekiel, which was published with the support of Philip II.


597 BC

He sends into Babylonian captivity the new young king Jeconiah (replacing him with Zedekiah, a puppet ruler) and number of other prominent Jews, including Ezekiel, along with a sizable portion of the Jewish population of the Kingdom of Judah, numbering about 10,000.

Aix Cathedral

The doors feature four figures in high relief of the major prophets of the Old Testament (Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and Jeremiah).

Ashes to Ashes

It is based on scriptural texts such as "Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return" (Genesis 3:19), and "I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee" (Ezekiel 28:18).

Bloodstopping

The most common method was to walk east and recite Ezekiel 16:6, a Bible passage which reads

Book of Ezekiel

As a priest, Ezekiel is fundamentally concerned with the Kavod Yahweh, a technical phrase meaning the presence of Yahweh (i.e., the God of Israel) among the people, in the Tabernacle, and in the Temple, and normally translated as "glory of God".

Ezekiel appears only briefly in the Dead Sea Scrolls, but his influence there was profound, most notably in the Temple Scroll with its temple plans, and the defence of the Zadokite priesthood in the Damascus Document.

Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror

The leader in this installment, Ezekiel, is possessed by the enigmatic main antagonist, "He Who Walks Behind the Rows."

Chris Montez

The film, El Viaje Musical de Ezekiel Montanez: The Chris Montez Story, was previewed by Montez, director Burt Kearns and producer Brett Hudson at the Paso Robles Digital Film Festival in Paso Robles, California in November 2009, the Fest for Beatles Fans in March 2010 in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Dedan

In Ezekiel 38:13, Dedan is joined with Sheba, and "Tarshish and all her strong lions", all these nations joining together to inquire of the advancing armies of Gog: "Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?"

Ezekiel Blomfield

After four years training at Homerton Academy Ezekiel accepted a congregation at Wymondham in Norfolk where he preached and established Sunday schools and missionary societies.

Ezekiel Ezra Smith

Ezekiel Ezra Smith (also E.E. Smith) (1852–1933) was the U.S. Ambassador to Liberia (1888–1890) and President of Fayetteville State University.

Fire and brimstone

Elsewhere, divine judgments involving fire and sulfur are prophesied against Assyria (Isaiah 30), Edom (Isaiah 34), Gog (Ezekiel 38), and all the wicked (Psalm 11).

Great Lent

Readings from the Old Testament are also increased, with the Books of Genesis, Proverbs and Isaiah being read through almost in their entirety at the Sixth Hour and Vespers (during Cheesefare Week, the readings at these services are taken from Joel and Zechariah, while during Holy Week they are from Exodus, Ezekiel and Job).

Horatio Admiral Nelson

He was born in Richmond, New Hampshire, the son of Ezekiel Nelson and Ruth Harkins, and was educated in the United States.

Indian poetry in English

A significant and torch-bearer poet is Nissim Ezekiel and the significant poets of the post-Derozio and pre-Ezekiel times are Toru Dutt, Sarojini Naidu, Rabindranath Tagore and Sri Aurobindo.

Some of the poets of Ezekiel's time are A. K. Ramanajun, Dom Moraes, R. Parthasarthy, Jayant Mahapatra, Kamala Das, Dr. Krishna Srinivas, Keki N. Daruwala, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Arun Kolatkar, Dilip Chitre, Vikram Seth,Yuyutsu Sharma, etc.

Kate Sanborn

She was born in Hanover, New Hampshire, the daughter of educator Edwin David Sanborn and his wife Mary Ann (Webster) Sanborn, daughter of Ezekiel Webster, and a niece of Daniel Webster.

Llanbrynmair

The two most prominent emigrants were Edward Bebb and Ezekiel Hughes, who settled in Butler County, Ohio near Paddy's Run.

Monumental Cemetery of Bonaria

Opposite is the Chapelle family mausoleum (1910) containing a massive marble statue of the Prophet Ezekiel, by Giuseppe Sartorio.

Nevi'im

The Latter Prophets are divided into two groups, the Major prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel) and the Twelve Minor Prophets (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi) collected into a single book.

Nicholas of Gorran

The commentaries on the Old Testament books of Ecclesiastes, Ezekiel and Daniel, while generally attributed to Nicholas of Gorran, have at times been ascribed to a different authorship.

Nissim Ezekiel

Ezekiel also penned poems in ‘Indian English’ like the one based on instruction boards in his favourite Irani café.

St. Ezekiel Moreno Dormitory

Ezekiel Moreno Dormitory is a facility of the St. Ezekiel Moreno Parish located in Macarascas, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines, under the supervision of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians or known as the Salesian Sisters.

Taboo

For example, J. M. Powis Smith, in his "The American Bible" (editor's preface 1927), used "taboo" occasionally in relation to Israel's Tabernacle and ceremonial laws, including Exodus 30:36, 29:37; Numbers 16:37,38; Deuteronomy 22:9, Isaiah 65:5, Ezekiel 44:19 and 46:20.

Texas root rot

The largest compilation of hosts, more than 1,700, was made by J. Taubenhaus and W. Ezekiel.

The Spaceships of Ezekiel

The Spaceships of Ezekiel (1974) is a book by Josef F. Blumrich (March 17, 1913 – February 10, 2002) on a spaceship that was supposedly observed by the prophet Ezekiel, written while the author was chief of NASA's systems layout branch of the program development office at the Marshall Space Flight Center.

Wilfred Harvey Schoff

Schoff, Wilfred H., The ship "Tyre"; a symbol of the fate of conquerors as prophesied by Isaiah, Ezekiel and John and fulfilled at Nineveh, Babylon and Rome; a study in the commerce of the Bible, (New York Longmans, Green and co., 1920)


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