When God Was a Woman

Who is Ezekiel from When God Was a Woman and what is their importance?

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Ezekiel was an important Hebrew prophet. His long book Merlin Stone selects a few verses upon which to comment. He hypothesizes that Hebrew women learn debauchery and lewdness in Egypt, describing the two sisters, Oholah and Oholibah, who behave inappropriately in Egypt and have their houses burned in order to make them stop. Ezekiel sees a mysterious vision at the Temple gate in Jerusalem, who informs him of the "filthy things" going on inside. Ezekiel sees images on the walls and idols, rituals involving asherah branches, and women weeping for Tammuz. According to the author, Ezekiel consistently uses the term "son of man" to remind readers they are not to consider themselves sons of women. Yahweh orders Ezekiel to prophecy against the women who "make up prophecies out of their own heads"—a slap at Goddess worship—and orders him to mark the foreheads of men in Jerusalem who commit abominations so they can be utterly destroyed.

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