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Elisha: The Holy Man of God
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Yael Shemesh
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2025
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About this book
Unlike Elijah's stories, Elisha’s, especially the short legends, have received little scholarly attention or deep analysis. Though this is changing, recent research often views them as critical of Elisha. This book aims to highlight their richness and complexity through literary analysis and to establish them as the earliest example in Israelite literature of Saint’s legends or prophetic hagiography
Author / Editor information
Yael Shemesh is an Associate Professor in Hebrew Bible at Bar-Ilan University. Among her fields of interest are the poetics of biblical narrative and prophetic stories. Among her publications: Mourning in the Bible: Coping with Loss in Biblical Literature (Hebrew).
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
September 22, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9789004737662
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
10
Main content:
370
eBook ISBN:
9789004737662
Keywords for this book
Elisha; Elija; 2 Kings; Biblical Narrative; Saint's Legends; Prophetic Hagiography; Hebrew Bible; Moses; Jehoshua; Samuel; Characterization; Analogies; Parallels; Biblical Character; Miracles; Sons of the Prophets; Curse; Genre; Close Reading
Audience(s) for this book
The potential readership includes biblical scholars and advanced students, but also of course members of the general public with a special interest in the Bible.
