Old Testament

Week 25: Ezekiel

28 April 2022

• Keith Meservy, “Ezekiel’s Sticks and the Gathering of Israel,” Ensign (February 1987): 4–14. Meservy argues that the “sticks” in Ezekiel 37:15–23 are Babylonian writing boards, and that they represent the scriptural writings found the Bible and the Book of Mormon.

• Brian E. Keck, “Ezekiel 37, Sticks, and Babylonian Writing Boards: A Critical Reappraisal,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 23, no. 1 (Spring 1990): 126–38. In his response to Meservy’s Ensign article, Keck argues that writing-boards interpretation of Ezekiel 37:15 “does not hold up to a close inspection.”

• Kevin Barney, “OT: Ezekiel’s Sticks,” By Common Consent, 26 January 2006. Barney agrees partly with Meservy and partly with Keck.

These videos from the BibleProject YouTube channel explain the message and structure of the book of Ezekiel.