Elisha's Profile in the Book of Kings: The Double Agent

by Keith Bodner

Elisha's Profile in the Book of Kings uses the tools of literary criticism to read the Elisha narrative as an integral component of the Deuteronomistic History compiled in the aftermath of the Babylonian invasion and destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE.
From his investiture in 1 Kings 19 to his final cameo in 2 Kings 13, Elisha the prophet has one of the most extensively-narrated careers in Israel's royal history. During a particularly dark and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199681171
• ISBN13: 9780199681174
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"