The Miracle Workers

15-11 = part 138 of series

Next: 15-12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouC0260p4ys

Playlist 7: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C3CB2081F3AF495F
List of uploads within playlist: http://berties-teapot.blogspot.com/

Main channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/heterodoxism2

Elijah and Elisha, were northern folk heroes who were subsequently adopted by the Judean Deuteronomistic historians and depicted as miracle-performing, Yahweh-only zealots. One folk tale has Elijah competing with Baal prophets to end a drought by summoning fire to consume a sacrificed bull. Yahweh's triumph annoys Jezebel, whose threats drive Elijah up Mount Sinai (quite the hike from Samaria!), where -- no surprise -- his actions are once again reminiscent of Moses'. Yahweh's theophany -- "special guest appearance" -- on Mount Sinai is reminiscent of the theophany to Moses' camp. Similarly, the miracles attributed to Elijah and Elisha were echoed by the writers of the New Testament gospels.

The Bible's Buried Secrets website:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/
including:
Who Wrote the Flood Story?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/flood.html
Writers of the Bible:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/coogan.html
Archeological Evidence and Timeline:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/evidence.html

This is the second part of a Yale University course on the Hebrew Bible. The full course can be found here:
http://oyc.yale.edu/religious-studies/introduction-to-the-old-testament-hebre...
http://oyc.yale.edu/religious-studies/introduction-to-the-old-testament-hebre...

Christine Hayes is Professor of Religious Studies in Classical Judaica. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996, she was Assistant Professor of Hebrew Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University for three years. A specialist in talmudic-midrashic studies, Hayes offers undergraduate courses on the literature and history of the biblical and talmudic periods (including Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and Introduction to Judaism).

http://www.yale.edu/religiousstudies/facultypages/hayes.html
http://academicearth.org/speakers/christine-hayes-1

Diagrams illustrating the timeline and books of the HB/OT:
http://www.threetwoone.org/diagrams/hebrew-bible-books-timeline.gif
http://www.threetwoone.org/diagrams/HebrewBibleOutlinePresentation.gif
http://hodos.org/pentateuch/hebrew-bible-people-and-places.gif
http://hodos.org/pentateuch/four-pentateuch-sources.gif
http://hodos.org/pentateuch/genesis-1-11-structure.htm
http://hodos.org/pentateuch/pentateuch-sources-02.gif

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/search.html
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/gloss.html

http://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Study-Bible-Publication-Translation/dp/0195297547

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[Paur]

Wish she'd spoken more about the whole Elijah going to heaven thing. I hear alot of controversy about that.

[JayPhilosopher]

Excellent as usual. Really fascinating