How does information about building practices from the ancient Near East support an interpretation of the book of Ezekiel? Peterson's thesis is that Ezekiel deliberately omits some key human elements from ANE temple-building practices in his temple vision of Ezekiel 40:1-Ezekiel 43:11, in an effort to help Israel to realize the nature of their sin.

The influence of Ezekiel on the portrait and mind of Jesus is larger than generally acknowledged. The essay compares Jesus as prophet and priest with Ezekiel.

Beale reacts to the view of evangelical colleagues that God has inspired all of Scripture in such a way that the marks of human fallibility are woven into it. As background to his argument against such a position, Beale notes that the apostle John was given the same prophetic commission to write the Word of God as Ezekiel was.

This article is part of a series on the history of the Old Testament. Judah's fall and exile was a result of the people despising the mercy and grace of God and their desecration of the temple. This is revealed through the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel.