RT Article
T1 Purpose for Elijah and Elisha in the Books of Kings
JF Tyndale bulletin
VO 74
SP 49
OP 64
A1 Hess, Richard S. 1954-
LA English
PB Tyndale House
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1860051936
AB The study of 1 and 2 Kings often assumes that the division between the two books was an arbitrary one that was made about halfway between the beginning and end of the text of Kings. The investigation of this question reveals not only a rationale behind the division between the two ‘books’; it also raises the larger question of the contrasting roles played by the kings who begin and end the text, and by the prophets whose central role in the books provides hope and life. By tracing major narrative arcs across the beginning and end of 1 and 2 Kings as well as across the appearances and departures of Elijah and Elisha, the themes of physical death and spiritual life set a dramatic tone in the pages of these accounts and provide hope in the midst of judgement.
K1 1 kings
K1 2 kings
K1 ahab
K1 chariot of fire
K1 elijah
K1 elisha
K1 Old Testament
DO 10.53751/001c.75427