Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Frameworks for Understanding
Concepts of Children and Childhood
Learning about Children and Youth in the Hebrew Bible through Language: A Contextual and Linguistic Framework
Approaching the Elisha Cycle: A Literary and Methodological Framework
Part II: Analyses of Stories—Children and Elisha
The Mockers of Bethel (2 Kings 2:23–25)
The Moabite Prince (2 Kings 3:26–27)
The Debt-Collateral Children (2 Kings 4:1–7)
The Shunammite’s Son (2 Kings 4:8–37)
The Israelite Slave Girl (2 Kings 5:1–14)
The Sons of the Starving Mothers (2 Kings 6:24–31)
Epilogue: The Boy Restored to Life (2 Kings 8:1–6)
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index of Biblical Passages
Index of Authors
Index of Subjects