God Saves: Lessons from the Elisha Stories (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Author: Moore, Rickie Dale

Brand: Sheffield Academic Press

Number Of Pages: 169

EAN: 9780567158659

Release Date: 01-11-2009

Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Part Number: 9780567158659

Details: This fresh examination of the Elisha narratives found in 2 Kings 5, 6.8-23 and 6.24-7.20 leads to a new interpretation of them as didactic salvation stories set against the Aramaean military threat to ninth-century Israel. Moore shows how an ingenious literary artistry converges powerfully with contextual dynamics to explicate the surprising and subtle saving actions of Yahweh in a troubled time. Each of the stories offers its own fresh disclosure of the time-worn tradition expressed in Elisha's own name: 'God saves'.