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050	0	4	_aBS580.H477.C437 2018
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100	1		_aHeller, Roy L., _d1963- _e1
245	1	4	_aThe characters of Elijah and Elisha and the Deuteronomic evaluation of prophecy : _bmiracles and manipulation / _cby Roy L. Heller. _hPR
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York, New York : _bBloomsbury T and T Clark, _c(c)2018.
300			_axii, 250 pages ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aLibrary of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; _v671
490	1		_aT & T Clark library of biblical studies
504			_a1 and indexes.
505	0	0	_aProphecy and ambiguity -- _tNarratives focused on Elijah -- _tNarratives focused on Elisha -- _tElijah, Elisha, YHWH, and the Deuteronomic evaluation of prophecy.
520	0		_a"This study looks at the prophets Elijah and Elisha in the books of Kings charting a two-fold characterization that portrays these prophetic figures in both positive and negative lights. In the narratives of Kings Elijah and Elisha often parallel other prophetic figures from Israel's history: they perform miraculous signs, they speak in the name of God, and they pronounce judgments upon the nation of Israel for its idolatrous worship. There are, however, other stories which have troubled readers and scholars alike: Elijah's cowardly running from the threats of Jezebel, his self-pitying complaint to God the he was the only true Israelite left, and Elisha's cursing a group of little boys who, in turn, are slaughtered by two female bears. Scholars have traditionally ignored or belittled the negative stories of the prophets, seeing them as either late additions to the biblical text or as minor, unimportant stories that can easily be dismissed. Heller, however, argues that the dual characterization of Elijah and Elisha reflects an ambivalent attitude that the narrator of Kings has toward prophecy as a whole, an attitude that is reflected in the Book of Deuteronomy itself. This forces readers of the biblical text to pose the question; "how may Israel best know and follow God?" The stories of Elijah and Elisha make the answer clear: the words and lives of the prophets are a possible way for God to reveal how Israel is to live, but those words and lives must always be considered with a degree of suspicion and must always be evaluated in light of the clear and straightforward teaching of Deuteronomy"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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600	0	0	_aElisha _c(Biblical prophet)
630	0	0	_aBible. _pKings _xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
830		0	_aLibrary of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; _v671.
830		0	_aT & T Clark library of biblical studies.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell