The First Deeds of Elisha: Two Miracles – 2 Kings 2:19-25
After the transmission of the spirit from Elijah to Elisha (2 Kgs 2:1-18), two small stories follow that have preoccupied the exegetes (2:19-22 and 2:23-25), partly because they are two remarkable miracles, partly because the two contrast remarkably strongly. The two stories form a diptych. They tel...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam University Press
2023
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NTT
Year: 2023, Volume: 77, Issue: 3, Pages: 159-176 |
| Further subjects: | B
1-2 Kings
B Miracles B Curse B Healing B Elisha B Old Testament |
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| Summary: | After the transmission of the spirit from Elijah to Elisha (2 Kgs 2:1-18), two small stories follow that have preoccupied the exegetes (2:19-22 and 2:23-25), partly because they are two remarkable miracles, partly because the two contrast remarkably strongly. The two stories form a diptych. They tell of the first deeds of Elisha. Do they function as legitimation of Elisha as a prophet, as many scholars claim? The stories contain different signs, suggesting that Elisha’s first deeds are too ambiguous, to see him, though following Elijah, as a legitimate prophet. |
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| ISSN: | 2590-3268 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5117/NTT2023.3.002.RIEM |