The Child's Sickbed in the Elijah and Elisha Narratives: Safeguarding Ritual Space in 1 Kings 17 and 2 Kings 4.
In the healing narratives of 1 Kgs 17:17-24 and 2 Kgs 4:18-37, the men of god Elijah and Elisha cure nearly or already dead children by placing them in the prophets' own beds and enacting ritual praxes. Attention to neglected dimensions of ritual space in these narratives reveals two significant poi...
| Published in: | Catholic Biblical Quarterly Vol. 84; no. 3; pp. 385 - 404 |
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