Daily Study Bible Series: Ezekiel

by Peter C. Craigie

Publisher:

Westminster John Knox

, 1983

Overview

The Daily Study Bible Series: Ezekiel The complete Daily Study Bible—Old Testament follows the brilliant pattern of William Barclay's popular Daily Study Bible—New Testament. Written by accomplished interpreters of the OT, these volumes combine the depth of scholarship, the critical style, and the grace that characterized Barclay's writing.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Ezekiel was to be a prophet to a rebellious people, to people who refused to obey God, and so the first thing he was asked to do was obey.” (Page 18)

“The human hells that exist in this world are not always the creation of some external or demonic force, but are often of our own making.” (Page 116)

“The kingdom of God would no longer be in the form of a nation state, for the state of the chosen people had been singularly unsuccessful in its task of revealing God’s righteousness to the world. Rather, God’s new covenant would involve the radical, inner transformation of human beings. Those who received a new heart and a new spirit from God would reveal to the world God’s true nature.” (Page 258)

“Forgetfulness and pride culminate in a life of evil.” (Page 114)

“Against this general background, we perceive how Ezekiel’s theology introduces a new twist. If Israel would not be a light to the nations, it could be a reproach to the nations. And the irony of the insight is that the nations could receive the same message, the one originally intended in Israel’s election and high calling. If Israel had fulfilled its calling, it would have revealed the righteousness and justice of God. But equally in failure, the message could go out; the awful judgment on Judah and Jerusalem would declare no less the righteousness and justice of God in his dealing with the nations of the world.” (Pages 42–43)

Product Details

• Title: Ezekiel
• Author: Peter C. Craigie
• Series: Daily Study Bible Series
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox
• Print Publication Date: 1983
• Logos Release Date: 2001
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Ezekiel › Commentaries
• Resource ID: LLS:29.31.4
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2021-07-28T19:11:23Z

About Peter C. Craigie

Peter C. Craigie (1938–1985) was the academic vice president at the University of Calgary, Alberta, where he had also been a professor of religious studies and the dean of the Faculty of Humanities. He is the author of Ugarit and the Old Testament and the volume on Deuteronomy in the New International Commentary on the Old Testament.