Typically,
Ezekiel felt it necessary not only to add a summary to the thesis in the locallanguage of the people he was writing about, but also to defend the thesis for a second time orally in front of the local people of Bunyore, an outdoor affair that lasted all day and included not only deep discussions amongst the local people but also music and dance.
Occasional ethnocentric and anachronistic judgments (e.g., seeking to relate the collectivist
Ezekiel to Kant) are easily remedied by intradisciplinary dialogue, for example, by attending to the social scientific approaches to interpreting the Bible.
Although
Ezekiel works in Panayia, he doesn't live there, and the authorities told him this was in breach of regulations.
Ezekiel describes a valley fill of bones, "very many bones" and "very dry," reanimated by the word of the prophet.
Ms
Ezekiel said: "The idea to get my dogs married came from our holiday to Florida.
"Whoever is chosen to assume the role, this person must have credibility with senior management and the board, and must simultaneously be seen as approachable, accessible and trusted by more junior staff," said
Ezekiel.
Dr
Ezekiel (U.S.A.) competes with the Oxford (U.K.) and Westmead (Australia) alternatives, both of which are regularly in use in my department.
Rosenberg didn't get his candle-singed thumbs-up from Liddy because of his exciting plots (mostly government officials yelling into phones and asking for launch codes) or Updike-esque prose (completely random sample from The
Ezekiel Option: "With her playful Southern accent and honed geopolitical instincts, she was a good manager and impressive market analyst").
The Lord God speaks through
Ezekiel to the Israelites in Babylonian exile: "I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out....
The novel opens with a narrator, who bears a resemblance to the Jewish, Christian and Muslim patriarch Abraham, telling cousins
Ezekiel, Youssef and Mahmoud that Satan lives in the ruins of Babylon destroyed by the Persians and the Jews.
Set during the Watts riots of 1965,
Ezekiel (Easy) Rawlins is enlisted by the police to help solve the murder of a young black woman.
For this fascinating project, saxophonist Greg Wall took his inspiration from the prophecies contained in the Old Testament book of
Ezekiel and (as he explains in the liner notes) "the traditional melodies used to chant them in the synagogue," which "have been with us for close to two thousand years." In those same notes he also cites Talmudic and Kabbalistic riddles and parables.