Elijah and the Rabbis: Story and Theology

Not to put away nor to draw near, but to make peace in the world, as it states Mal. Mishna is based on the oral tradition that followed the written tradition all along. The existential threats that the Jews faced in the first 2 centuries the destruction of the Temple, the Bar Kochba revolt, exile made the need to compile and write down this oral tradition a pressing issue. Several traditions are given here to answer our question.

What are the views that are told in the names of R. Shimon and the Sages? Think about these traditions. To what extent are they similar? Does either match your understanding of the verses from Malachi? Kehati, a modern day commentator on the Mishna, has taken the disputes that Elijah is supposed to reconcile to be disputes among sages.

What does that mean? As traditions are discussed among the sages, disputes come up as to the correct tradition regarding the issue at hand. Often they are resolved, sometimes they are not. One such dispute is well known, albeit not the dispute part of it, only the temporary solution.

Each person at the Seder is supposed to drink 4 cups of wine or grape juiceJ , one for each of the 4 verbs of redemption that are found in Exodus 6: When Elijah comes he will resolve the dispute.

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Should he tell us to drink a fifth cup, the cup is ready to be drunk. And Moshe said to God who am I: This is not the only comparison made between the lives of Moshe and Elijah. Do you remember any others?

They are both the bearers of the message of redemption, giving hope. Notice how Elijah is changing from the manner that caused him to be criticized in the book of Kings. He is the one who will come to save people. What is his focus this time, and does it differ from his previous image? Might this be relevant for his message of redemption?

Elijah In Jewish Tradition – Elijah

Cronin Review of Biblical Literature. Overige kenmerken Extra groot lettertype Nee. Reviews Schrijf een review. In winkelwagen Op verlanglijstje. Gratis verzending 30 dagen bedenktijd en gratis retourneren Kies zelf het bezorgmoment Dag en nacht klantenservice. Lindbeck Elijah and the Rabbis 83, Peninnah Schram Tales of Elijah the Prophet 91, Eliyahu Stern The Genius 45, Francine Klagsbrun The Fourth Commandment 20, She invokes John Foley's theory of metonymy in oral-formulaic studies, in which "one thing potentially stands for a related one," and consequently "phrases and structures are supercharged with meaning" This is important because it allows Lindbeck to expand the corpus of texts relevant to her project to include other sources that share phrases, motifs, or plot structures with the Elijah stories themselves, even if they do not mention Elijah specifically.

It also provides a mechanism to relate Elijah stories to one another, which makes for a more unified corpus of tradition. But Lindbeck is certainly a methodological pluralist, drawing also on ethnopoetics and anthropological theory, on Daniel Boyarin's "new historicism" though for some reason she does not mention that term , and on other scholars of folklore and morality. Chapters 3 and 4 are the heart of the book.

In chapter 3 Lindbeck tries to understand how Elijah differs from angels, the angel of death, and the bat qol , which also are sent on divine errands or disclose the divine will.

She argues that, despite some overlap, these figures or devices are not interchangeable but have discrete roles and functions. Elijah, for example, brings God's message to individuals whereas the bat qol relays God's words to groups of people; Elijah often appears in disguise to help people whereas angels generally do not a useful table of similarities and differences is provided on pages Elijah also shares more in common with the sages than do angels or the bat qols, as he seems to have more free will and is depicted as a holy man or ideal teacher himself.

Indeed, that Elijah "often [End Page ] interacts with the Sages as a senior sage" distinguishes him from other supernatural mediators and helps explain his religious function, namely, to provide "a greater connection to God without impairing God's authority. Like Elijah, Hermes is portrayed as a divine messenger, traveler, and trickster and "master of clever stratagems of all kinds.

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