In evaluating Elijah as a prophet after the Mosaic paradigm, Dr
Havilah Dharamraj proposes a radically different schema for
interpreting what is one of the most dramatic and difficult texts
in the Old Testament, namely, the earthquake-wind-and-fire
theophany at Horeb (1 Kings 19). Since rabbinic times, the
resonance between the Moses stories and the Elijah stories has been
regularly noted. Taking into account that Deut. 18:18 promises
Israel a 'prophet like Moses', this resonance compels an evaluation
of Elijah, holding Moses as the benchmark. Here, scholarship
struggles with a paradox. At Horeb Elijah fails in the critical
prophetic task of intercession. Yet, his service as prophet is
affirmed beyond doubt in his iconic whirlwind-and-chariots-of-fire
exit. How are these to be reconciled? Is Elijah a prophet of Mosaic
fibre or not? This work offers a strikingly different approach to
the Elijah stories. Dharamraj employs the narrative critical method
to offer a close reading of the text. Such an approach opens up
intriguing possibilities in interpretation. Here, her analysis of
the dramatic and difficult discourse of the earthquake-wind-fire-
'still, small voice' theophany at Horeb is notable. So also, is the
case she carefully builds for whether Elijah emerges as the
hoped-for 'prophet like Moses'.
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