Elijah and the Rabbis : : Story and Theology / / Kristen Lindbeck.
Through an innovative synthesis of narrative critique, oral-formulaic study, folkloric research, and literary analysis, Kristen H. Lindbeck reads all the Elijah narratives in the Babylonian Talmud and details the rise of a distinct, quasi-angelic figure who takes pleasure in ordinary interaction. Du...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Study of Rabbinic Narrative: Elijah, Folklore Studies, and Form Criticism
- 2. Oral-Formulaic Studies and the Culture of the Bavli
- 3. Elijah in Rabbinic Culture and the Wider Culture of Late Antiquity
- 4. The Three Generic Groups of Elijah Stories
- 5. 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