Elijah and the Rabbis Story and Theology

Name: Elijah and the Rabbis Story and Theology
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ISBN: 9780231130813

ISBN-10: 0231130813

ISBN-13: 9780231130813

Edition: 2010

Authors: Kristen Lindbeck

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During the Talmudic period of 50-500 C.E., Elijah became a recognizable character quite different from the Elijah of the Bible. The Elijah of the Talmud dispenses wisdom and advice and, like the Elijah of Jewish folklore, helps people directly, even with material gifts. Through an innovative synthesis of narrative critique, oral-formulaic study, folkloric research, and literary analysis, Kristen H. Lindbeck reads all of the Elijah narratives in the Babylonian Talmud, detailing the rise of a distinct Elijah who takes pleasure in ordinary interaction.Lindbeck's method highlights features of the Elijah stories, allowing them to be grouped into generic categories. She then considers them…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 7/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Study of Rabbinic Narrative



Oral-Formulaic Studies and the Culture of the Bavli



Elijah in Rabbinic Culture and the Wider Culture of Late Antiquity



The Three Generic Groups of Elijah Stories



Elijah from Rabbinic Times to the Twenty-First Century


Appendix: The Elijah Stories of the Bavli in Translation with Significant Variant Readings


Notes


Bibliography


Index