FOR THE SAKE OF MY HOLY NAME:

About the Book

For The Sake Of My Holy Name deeply examines the motif of the vindication of the divine reputation in the book of Ezekiel. A study of the specific language of the motif, along with its meanings and functions, reveals that the motif is vital to the rhetorical strategy of the entire book--it fulfills literary and theological ends. This investigation is based primarily on a literacy-critical, rhetorical analysis of texts from the perspective of an ideal sequential reader.

About the Author

Rev. Mikel E. Satcher, M.Div., S.T.M., Ph.D. Dr. Mikel Satcher attained his baccalaureate degree from Cornell University and began his graduate training at Union Theological Seminary, NYC, where he completed the M.Div. and S.T.M. degrees. Matriculating at Boston University, in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and in their Division of Religious and Theological Studies, Dr. Satcher was guided by a number of recognized Biblical scholars toward his completion of the Ph.D. degree in The History and Literature of Ancient Israel, with a dissertation in Ezekielian Studies. Currently, Dr. Satcher is an Adjunct Professor at Boston University and at Roxbury Community College, and he is the Pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Arlington, MA where he has served since September 2002. Also, Dr. Satcher is founder of Heal the World Ministries (www.healtheworldministries.net) and Host of the Satellite Internet Program, BTI Conversations with Dr. Mikel Satcher (www.ustream.tv). Previously, Dr. Satcher served as Interim Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Arlington, MA; Senior Pastor of New Hope Community Baptist Church of Hyannis, MA; Associate Minister of Concord Baptist Church in Boston, MA; and as Associate Minster of Salem M.B. Church of Springfield Gardens, NY. Dr. Satcher has also enjoyed an extensive tenure as an Interfaith Chaplain and Diversity Educator at Caritas Carney Hospital, in Dorchester, MA and as Chief Diversity Officer at Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable, MA. As an educator, he has taught at several local colleges and universities (Andover Newton Theological School, Boston University School of Theology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, Merrimack College, Roxbury Community College, and UMass Dartmouth), and he has enjoyed three seasons as an archaeological supervisor-volunteer with the American Schools of Oriental Research in Israel—excavations at Tel Miqne-Ekron and Tel Dan. However, most importantly, Dr. Satcher is the proud father of two beautiful daughters who are his pride and joy. With the grace of God, he endeavors to: maintain a loving and prayerful home for his daughters, remain a faithful anointed pastor and servant of God, and retain my posture as an advocate of social justice until the Lord comes again. Dr. Satcher resides in Arlington, Massachusetts, and he can be contacted through his personal web page or through his email address: msatcher@bu.edu.