From Prophet to Miracle-Working Saint
Dynamic Approaches to Elijah in Ancient and Medieval Cultures
1st Edition
Published on 7. November 2025
Book
Hardback
XXXVIII, 452 pages
978-3-506-79823-7 (ISBN)
Description
The versatile figure of Elijah as Jewish prophet, Christian saint and Muslim "green man" plays at once a controversial and a unifying role across cultures. This collection of essays delves into the rich Elijah traditions that connect late-antique Mesopotamia to modern Europe. It emphasizes how Elijah's many-sided character cannot be explained by his sparse mentions in the Bible. His enormous popularity rather depends on a network of artistic and performative interpretations that developed in different traditions and were divulged through cultic practices and feasts in which Elijah was the protagonist.
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Series
Edition
2025
Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
Publishing group
Brill | Schöningh
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
102
87 farbige Abbildungen, 11 s/w Tabellen, 4 s/w Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
995 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-506-79823-7 (9783506798237)
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Persons
Vlad Bedros is lecturer at the Department of Art History and Theory of the National University of Arts, Bucharest, and researcher at "G. Oprescu" Institute of Art History, Romanian Academy.
Barbara Crostini is Senior Lecturer in Church History, Art History and Cultural Studies at the Newman Institute, Uppsala.
Andrei Dumitrescu is a Ph.D. candidate in Art History at Stanford University, specializing in Byzantine and Medieval Art.
Chana Shacham-Rosby is a teaching fellow in the Department of Jewish History at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Barbara Crostini is Senior Lecturer in Church History, Art History and Cultural Studies at the Newman Institute, Uppsala.
Andrei Dumitrescu is a Ph.D. candidate in Art History at Stanford University, specializing in Byzantine and Medieval Art.
Chana Shacham-Rosby is a teaching fellow in the Department of Jewish History at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.