Ezekiel. Ezekiel is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible.
In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ezekiel is acknowledged as a Hebrew prophet. In Judaism and Christianity, he is also viewed as the 6th-century BCE author of the Book of Ezekiel, which reveals prophecies regarding the destruction of Jerusalem, the restoration to the land of Israel, and what some call the Millennial Temple visions.
The name Ezekiel means 'God Strengthens'. The author of the Book of Ezekiel presents himself as Ezekiel, the son of Buzzi, born into a priestly lineage.
Apart from identifying himself, the author gives a date for the first divine encounter which he presents: in the thirtieth year. If this is a reference to Ezekiel's age at the time, he was born around 622 BCE, about the time of Josiah's reforms.
His thirtieth year is given as five years after the exile of Judah's king Jehoiachin by the Babylonians. The Aramaic Targum on Ezekiel 1:1, however, as well as the 2nd-century rabbinic work Seder Olam Rabba, take a different approach, where they both say that Ezekiel's vision came in the thirtieth year after Josiah was presented with a Book of the Law discovered in the Temple. According to Jewish tradition, Ezekiel did not write his own book, the Book of Ezekiel, but rather his prophecies were collected and written by the Men of the Great Assembly. Josephus claims that Nebuchadn
In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ezekiel is acknowledged as a Hebrew prophet. In Judaism and Christianity, he is also viewed as the 6th-century BCE author of the Book of Ezekiel, which reveals prophecies regarding the destruction of Jerusalem, the restoration to the land of Israel, and what some call the Millennial Temple visions.
The name Ezekiel means 'God Strengthens'. The author of the Book of Ezekiel presents himself as Ezekiel, the son of Buzzi, born into a priestly lineage.
Apart from identifying himself, the author gives a date for the first divine encounter which he presents: in the thirtieth year. If this is a reference to Ezekiel's age at the time, he was born around 622 BCE, about the time of Josiah's reforms.
His thirtieth year is given as five years after the exile of Judah's king Jehoiachin by the Babylonians. The Aramaic Targum on Ezekiel 1:1, however, as well as the 2nd-century rabbinic work Seder Olam Rabba, take a different approach, where they both say that Ezekiel's vision came in the thirtieth year after Josiah was presented with a Book of the Law discovered in the Temple. According to Jewish tradition, Ezekiel did not write his own book, the Book of Ezekiel, but rather his prophecies were collected and written by the Men of the Great Assembly. Josephus claims that Nebuchadn
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