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What in the world? (The Old Testament is bizarre!)

27 Wednesday May 2009

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2 kings, elisha, grace, narrative, old testament

That’s about all I can think when I read some of the OT stories. I’m not even talking about the violence that seems not to jive with Jesus. I’m just talking about how weird they are. It seems to get especially strange in the stories about Elisha in the first few chapters of 2 Kings. If you haven’t read them in a while, you should. I don’t have anything interesting or profound to offer. I’m sure if we studied all their historical and especially literary features, they’d come alive for us. But of course most of the time (like now) we don’t have time, so we’re left with nothing more than their weirdness. I guess I have a point to make: stories like this only make sense as part of a larger story. Continue reading →

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