My Fascination with Ezekiel began in 1978, when it dawned on me that Ezekiel was the only prophet to fulfill his ministry entirely in a foreign land. I began to ask how his environment might have colored his ministry and the book that preserves his work. I discovered that links and influences are everywhere: in his geographic references, the akkadianisms and aramaisms in his vocabulary, his iconographic images, and his conceptual framework. This is just one of many reasons why the book is