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For earlier scholarship suggesting a link between Ezekiel and the title “Son of Man” in the Gospels, see Bruce Vawter, “Ezekiel and John,” Catholic Bible Quarterly 26 (1964), pp. 451–453.

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For a discussion of the possible relationship between Ezekiel 1:1 and Mark’s baptism account, see Lentzen-Deis, Die Taufe Jesu, pp. 107–109.

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See Howard Kee, Community of the New Age: Studies in Mark’s Gospel (Macon, GA: Mercer Univ. Press, 1983): pp. 46–47.

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For a discussion of the possible connections between this passage and the tearing of the heavens in Mark. with references to earlier scholarship, see Fritzleo Lentzen-Deis, Die Taufe Jesu nach den Synoptikern (Franfurt, Germ.:Joseph Knecht, 1970), pp. 100–103.

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Shoshanah, Derekh Binah, p. l77.

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Marginal reading, King James Version; Robert Young’s Literal Translation of the Holy Bible (Edinburgh, 1898; reprinted by Baker Book House [n.d.], Grand Rapids, MI)