The Prophet Elijah in the Literature of the Second Temple Period: The Growth of a Tradition

The Prophet Elijah in the Literature of the Second Temple Period: The Growth of a Tradition / Brenda J. Shaver......Page 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 3
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 5
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 7
INTRODUCTION......Page 9
CHAPTER 1: ELIJAH IN THE BOOK OF KINGS......Page 18
The Question of Genre......Page 19
The Issue of Redactional Development......Page 31
Elijah as a Miracle Worker......Page 49
Excursus: The Assumption of Elijah......Page 60
Elijah as Zealot......Page 63
Elijah as a "Second Moses"......Page 66
Conclusion......Page 70
Elijah in the Book of Chronicles......Page 73
Elijah in the Book of Malachi......Page 79
The Authorship, Date, Structure and Situation of Malachi......Page 81
The Disunity of Mal 3:1......Page 84
Mal 3:1a: The Identity and Function of "My Messenger"......Page 88
Mal 3:1b—4: The Identity and Function of the "Messenger of the Covenant"......Page 100
Mal 3:22—24: The Torah of Moses and the Return of Elijah......Page 110
Conclusion......Page 129
CHAPTER 3: ELIJAH IN THE BOOK OF BEN SIRA......Page 132
Ben Sira: The Author and the Text......Page 133
The Praise of the Fathers......Page 136
Sir 48:1—9: The Glorious Deeds of the Past Elijah......Page 137
Sir 48:10—11: The Return of Elijah and His Future Role......Page 148
Conclusion......Page 167
CHAPTER 4: ELIJAH IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS......Page 170
4Q558......Page 172
4Q521: "A Messianic Apocalypse"......Page 176
Is Elijah the "Prophet" of the Community Rule (1QS 9:11)?......Page 193
Is Elijah the "Messiah of Aaron?"......Page 200
Conclusion......Page 204
EPILOGUE: A SURVEY OF ELIJAH IN LATER JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE......Page 206
Elijah in the Early Christian Writings......Page 207
Elijah and Eschatological Reconciliation......Page 214
Elijah and the Resurrection of the Dead......Page 220
Elijah's Zeal and His Identification with Phinehas......Page 225
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 232