As one of the most significant figures in ancient Israel, the priest had numerous responsibilities, the most important of which was the exposition of the Mosaic Tôrâ. The ministry of Ezekiel, a prophetic priest, offers a glimpse of how one priest carried out his duties as a custodian of Tôrâ. Ezekiel the Priest provides the possibility of a deeper understanding of the pastoral ministry of priests as teachers of God's word during Old Testament times through the example of one ancient Israelite priest.

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The Author: T. J. Betts is Assistant Professor of Old Testament Interpretation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and at Boyce College in Louisville, and has been a pastor and teacher for over seventeen years. He has written for the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary and The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology. His areas of study include Northwest Semitic languages, Old Testament literature, and ancient Near Eastern history and archaeology. He has studied at Jerusalem University College in Israel and received his B.S.Ed. from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and his M.Div. and Ph.D. in Old Testament literature from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.