grossly unfruitful, as its critics allege. They are also happy to learn from the newer so-called post-critical approach and acknowledge that it nicely supplements the older perspectives. I count myself among this number, a “scribe” who is “like a householder who brings out of his store things new and old” (Matt 13:52). Ezekiel still warrants a thorough study of the total witness to the text. It also requires investigation of literary forms and the way they are used in the book. Not least it necessitates