Elisha's Profile in the Book of Kings: The Double Agent. By Keith Bodner
Keith Bodner's study of the Elisha narratives in 1 Kings 19 and 2 Kings 2–13 builds on the literary approaches, particularly on the commentaries of Robert Cohn (2 Kings [Berit Olam; Collegeville: Liturgical, 2000]) and the present reviewer (1 and 2 Kings: A Commentary [OTL; Louisville, KY: West...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 638-640 |
| Review of: | Elisha's profile in the Book of Kings (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013) (Sweeney, Marvin A.)
Elisha's profile in the Book of Kings (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013) (Sweeney, Marvin A.) Elisha's profile in the Book of Kings (Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2013) (Sweeney, Marvin A.) |
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| Summary: | Keith Bodner's study of the Elisha narratives in 1 Kings 19 and 2 Kings 2–13 builds on the literary approaches, particularly on the commentaries of Robert Cohn (2 Kings [Berit Olam; Collegeville: Liturgical, 2000]) and the present reviewer (1 and 2 Kings: A Commentary [OTL; Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2007]), that have become increasingly prevalent in biblical scholarship. In carrying out his analysis, Bodner is careful to study the Elisha narrative as an integral component of the Deuteronomistic History (=DtrH.) rather than to view it as a discrete or foreign composition that was inserted into the overall DtrH. literary framework by a later redactor. Within this framework, Elisha emerges as an agent of critique and of dismantling of the northern Israelite House of Omri. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flu104 |