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This major work explores the message and meaning of Ezekiel, one of the longest and most difficult of the prophetic books. An introduction explains what is involved in reading a prophetic book, and how the book of Ezekiel was put together and structured. It looks at the form of speech used and discusses Ezekiel's author and those who transmitted, edited, and enlarged upon what he had to say. The...

without a shepherd (Matt. 9:36). These and similar hints are gathered together into the Johannine discourse on the good shepherd, certainly dependent on Ezekiel, which can serve as a paradigm of pastoral ministry: the good shepherd walks ahead of his sheep; he knows them individually and they recognize his voice; where necessary, he will defend them against attack even at risk of injury or death (John 10:1–18). The same discourse also highlights the necessity of discriminating between authentic and
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