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Buzi

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For other uses, see Buzi (disambiguation)
Buzi (disambiguation)
Buzi may refer to:* Buzi, the parent of Ezekiel the priest * Buzi River * Buzi District * an island in the Comoros * a character in the Final Fantasy Legend III video game...



Buzi (my contempt) was the mother or the father of Ezekiel
Ezekiel
According to religious texts, Ezekiel was a priest in the Bible who prophesied for 22 years sometime in the 6th century BC in the form of visions while exiled in Babylon, as recorded in...

 the priest. (Ezek. 1:3). Ezekiel, like Jeremiah
Jeremiah
Jeremiah was one of the prophets of the Hebrew Bible. His writings are put together in the Book of Jeremiah and traditionally, authorship of the Book of Lamentations is ascribed to him...

, is said to have been a descendant of Joshua
Joshua
Joshua , according to the Hebrew Bible, was an Israelite leader who succeeded Moses. His story is told chiefly in the books Exodus, Numbers and Joshua. He was one of the twelve spies sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan...

 by his marriage with the proselyte Rahab (Talmud
Talmud
The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....

 Meg. 14b; Midrash
Midrash
Midrash is a homiletic method of biblical exegesis. The term also refers to the whole compilation of homiletic teachings on the Bible....

 Sifre, Num. 78).

Some scholars claim that Ezekiel actually was Jeremiah or the son of Jeremiah, who was (also) called "Buzi" because he was despised by the Jews.
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For other uses, see Buzi (disambiguation)
Buzi (disambiguation)
Buzi may refer to:* Buzi, the parent of Ezekiel the priest * Buzi River * Buzi District * an island in the Comoros * a character in the Final Fantasy Legend III video game...



Buzi (my contempt) was the mother or the father of Ezekiel
Ezekiel
According to religious texts, Ezekiel was a priest in the Bible who prophesied for 22 years sometime in the 6th century BC in the form of visions while exiled in Babylon, as recorded in...

 the priest. (Ezek. 1:3). Ezekiel, like Jeremiah
Jeremiah
Jeremiah was one of the prophets of the Hebrew Bible. His writings are put together in the Book of Jeremiah and traditionally, authorship of the Book of Lamentations is ascribed to him...

, is said to have been a descendant of Joshua
Joshua
Joshua , according to the Hebrew Bible, was an Israelite leader who succeeded Moses. His story is told chiefly in the books Exodus, Numbers and Joshua. He was one of the twelve spies sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan...

 by his marriage with the proselyte Rahab (Talmud
Talmud
The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....

 Meg. 14b; Midrash
Midrash
Midrash is a homiletic method of biblical exegesis. The term also refers to the whole compilation of homiletic teachings on the Bible....

 Sifre, Num. 78).

Some scholars claim that Ezekiel actually was Jeremiah or the son of Jeremiah, who was (also) called "Buzi" because he was despised by the Jews. In the event Jeremiah and Ezekiel were indeed the same person, Buzi was the wife of Hilkiah
Hilkiah
Hilkiah was a Hebrew Priest at the time of King Josiah. His name is mentioned in II Kings. He was the High Priest and is known for finding a lost copy of the Book of the law at the Temple in Jerusalem at the time that King Josiah commanded that the Holy Temple be refurbished...

the priest.