Judean Reception of the Elisha Narratives: An Alternative Reading of Elisha’s Promise to the Shunammite Woman (2 Kgs 4:8–17) from the Margins in Achaemenid Yehud
Scholars have noted scribal attempts to undermine Elisha’s prophetic reputation in his promise to the Shunammite woman (2 Kgs 4:8–17). However, these readings fail to adequately consider the intertextual links between Elisha’s promise and Yahweh’s promise to Abraham (Gen 18:1–15): Why did the scribe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2025, Volume: 75, Issue: 2, Pages: 245-269 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Genesis 18,1-15
/ Elisha
/ Abraham, Biblical person
/ Promise
/ Scribe
/ Baitylos
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Judean scribes
B Elisha narrative B Shunammite woman B Abraham narrative B Jerusalem Temple B antithetical parallelism B Bibel. Könige, 2., 4, 8-17 B Bethel |
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