From Carmel to Horeb: Elijah in Crisis

by Alan J. Hauser and Russell Gregory

Book Overview

The two independent studies in this volume are: 1. Alan J. Hauser, Yahweh versus Death-The Real Struggle in 1 Kings 17-19. Hauser argues that although Yahweh emerges victorious in the famous match against Baal in ch. 18, it is Yahweh's struggle with death that gives 1 Kings 17-19 its literary shape and dynamic. 2. Russell Gregory, Irony and the Unmasking of Elijah. Gregory detects a fundamental irony in 1 Kings 17-19: Elijah, driven by his ambitions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850751285
• ISBN13: 9781850751281
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.7"