Elijah Enigma
Subtitle: The Prophet, King Ahab and the Rebirth of Monotheism in the Book of Kings
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780786495207
Subjects: Elijah (biblical prophet); Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t. historical books
Description: "Despite a sense of failure, Elijah's struggle against the paganizing regime of King Ahab and queen, Jezebel, managed to save monotheism from eclipse, and in so doing alter the course of human history. This work further proposes that the tale presented by the Bible is more than an account of an ancient battle between two historic figures"--