The Last Man

THE VISION OF THE DRY BONES

The hand of the Lord came upon me. He took me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the valley. It was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many of them spread over the valley, and they were very dry… (Ezekiel 37: 1–2)

From a scroll fragment found on the fortress of Masada during the Yigael Yadin archaeological expedition