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Unlike Elijah's stories, Elisha’s, especially the short legends, have received little scholarly attention or deep analysis. Though this is changing, recent research often views them as critical of Elisha. This book aims to highlight their richness and complexity through literary analysis and to establish them as the earliest example in Israelite literature of Saint’s legends or prophetic hagiography
Price: $129.00
Pages: 370
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements
Publication Date:
02 October 2025
ISBN: 9789004730410
Format: Hardcover
Yael Shemesh is an Associate Professor in Hebrew Bible at Bar-Ilan University. Among her fields of interest are the poetics of biblical narrative and prophetic stories. Among her publications: Mourning in the Bible: Coping with Loss in Biblical Literature (Hebrew).