Evil Children in Religion, Literature, and Art (Cross-Currents in Religion and Culture)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: August 25, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780333918951
Subjects: Cultural studies; Human figures depicted in art; Literary studies: general; Novels, other prose & writers; Religion: general; Art & Art Instruction; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; General; Religion / History; Europe - Great Britain - General; Bible; Children in art; Children in literature; Children in the Bible; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History; Kings, 2nd, II, 23-24; O.T
First sentence: The tale in 2 Kings 2 about what happened to the prophet Elisha on his way from Jericho up to Bethel is hauntingly brief: approached by some little boys from the city who jeer at him, chanting 'Go up, you baldhead' (v. 23b), he turns, sees them, curses them in Yahweh's name, and two shebears emerge from the woods and maul 42 of the boys ( v. 24b).