The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, January 1st, 2000
WESLEY J. BERGEN, Elisha and the End of Prophetism (JSOTSup 286; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999). Pp. 200. L37.50, $60.
Although this was originally a dissertation at the Toronto School of Theology (with Brian Peckham as guide), it does not sound like one. In this very personal book Bergen presents his expectations of the Elisha cycle and his discoveries in it from the point of view of narratology. There are five chapters, and the beginning of chap. 1 is quite forthright: "The purpose of this study is to explore the effect Elisha has on the understanding the reader of Genesis-2 Kin...
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