Author:
Ezekiel (
1:3).
Time of Writing:
The sixth century B.C.
Place of Writing:
By the river Chebar, in the village of Tel-abib (
1:1;
3:15), not far from the city of Babylon.
Time Period Covered:
A period of twenty-two years, from 593 B.C., the fifth year of Jehoiachin's captivity (
1:2), to 571 B.C., the twenty-seventh year (
29:17).
