Gen 9:4 – Why can’t we eat the life?

Gen 9:4 – Why can’t we eat the life?

What is the reasoning behind the prohibition from eating the lifeblood of an animal?
It isn’t until Moses that purposing of the blood for atonement is provided as some additional reasoning behind the prohibition:

For the life of the flesh…

Did Josephus misinterpret Ezekiel 12:13?

Did Josephus misinterpret Ezekiel 12:13?

According to Josephus:

Ezekiel also foretold in Babylon what calamities were coming upon the people, which when he heard, he sent accounts of them unto Jerusalem. But Zedekiah did not believe their prophecies, for the reason following:…