Jezebel, Elijah, and the Widow of Zarephath: A Ménage à Trois that Estranges the Holy and Makes the Holy the Strange

This article offers a dialogical examination of 1 Kgs 17–19 that deconstructs traditionally accepted characterizations of Jezebel, Elijah, and the Widow of Zarephath. This study proposes that shifting emphasis from Elijah and Jezebel as polar opposites to a literary ménage à trois that involves all...

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Main Author: Wyatt, Stephanie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2012
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2012, Volume: 36, Issue: 4, Pages: 435-458
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jezebel Israel, Queen / Elija / Bible. Könige 1. 17-19 / Deuteronomistic history / Holiness (motif)
B Morphology (Linguistics) / Morphosyntax
Further subjects:B widow of Zarephath
B Deuteronomistic history
B Jezebel Israel, Queen
B Narrative theory
B dialogical reading
B Bible. Könige 1. 17-19
B Woman
B Deuteronomistic History
B Sarepta
B Jezebel
B Elijah
B Sankt Elija Ohrdruf
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