People who know little of the book of Ezekiel nevertheless chant the refrains, “Ezekiel saw a wheel” and “the leg bone connected to the hip bone.” The powerful images of this chapter have attracted the attention of artists, songwriters, and poets from the pre-Christian era to the present (cf. Author’s Preface, p. 13). Modern interpreters generally agree that this vision is not about literal resurrection of dead bones of Israelites. Instead, it is about
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