The Crucial Bridge: The Elijah-Elisha Narrative As an Interpretive Synthesis of Genesis-Kings and a Literary Model of the Gospels

By Thomas L. Brodie and Thomas L. Brodie OP

The Elijah-Elisha narrative (1 Kings 16:29-2 Kings 13) is perhaps the most underestimated text in the Bible. Far from being a disparate collection, it is a carefully crafted double drama that both mirrors life and synthesizes the entire Primary History (Genesis-Kings). In a bold hermeneutical move it transforms the language of historiography - of patriarchs and kings - into the language of prophetic biography. The prophetic biography, rooted in historiography, later becomes the evangelists' primary literary model. The Elijah-Elisha narrative is the crucial bridge between the foundational narratives of Judaism and Christianity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081465942X
• ISBN13: 9780814659427
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.2"