Abstract Within the book of Ezekiel, the רוח , “spirit,” plays an important thematic role related both to the nature of prophecy and to the renewal of the people of Israel. Since these themes span compositional strata, it is possible to trace the development of ideas about the spirit through the growth of the book. Ezekiel 37:1–14 uses language from earlier passages (see Ezek 2:22; 3:24) to...