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Prophet Like Moses

A Narrative-Theological Reading of the Elijah Cycle

by Dharamraj Havilah

  • Paperback
  • 230 pages
  • Publisher: Paternoster Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

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Since rabbinic times, the resonance between the Moses stories and the Elijah stories has been regularly noted. Taking into account that Deut. 18:18 promises Israel a 'prophet like Moses', this resonance compels an evaluation of Elijah, holding Moses as the benchmark. Here, scholarship struggles with a paradox. At Horeb Elijah fails in the critical prophetic task of intercession. Yet, his service as prophet is affirmed beyond doubt in his iconic whirlwind-and-chariots-of-fire exit. How are these to be reconciled? Is Elijah a prophet of Mosaic fibre or not? This work offers a strikingly different approach to the Elijah stories. Dharamraj employs the narrative critical method to offer a close reading of the text - a reading that is singular in its sensitivity to the inner-biblical exegesis mediated by the Moses parallels. Such an approach opens up intriguing possibilities in interpretation. Here, her analysis of the dramatic and difficult discourse of the earthquake-wind-fire- 'still, small voice' theophany at Horeb is notable. So also, is the case she carefully builds for whether Elijah emerges as the hoped-for 'prophet like Moses'.

  • Author

    Dharamraj Havilah

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Paternoster Press

  • Published

    April 2011

  • Weight

    409g

  • Page Count

    230

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9781842275337

  • ISBN-10

    184227533X

  • Eden Code

    1004218

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