Elijah, Elisha, John and Jesus in Luke–Acts

Steve Walton has made his slide presentation available for a recent talk that he gave on Elijah, Elisha, John and Jesus in Luke–Acts here.This was part of a two-day online seminar on the use of the Old Testament in the New.

Humor in Old Testament Narratives?

Ian Paul takes a look at the issue here focusing on Elijah and Elisha.

Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament 3.2

The latest issue of Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament is available here. Here is a list of the articles with links.

“Was Elihu Right?” by Martin A. Shields 

“Queens, Widows, and Mesdames: The Role of Women in the Elijah-Elisha Narrative” by Joshua Joel Spoestra

“Prophet and Patriarch: Abraham’s Prophetic Characteristics in Genesis” by Jay Todd

“The ‘Seventy Sevens’ (Daniel 9:24) in Light of Heptadic Themes in Qumran” by Ron Haydon

Elijah on Mt. Carmel

The newest issue of Bibliotheca Sacra has a fascinating article entitled, "Pyrotechnics on Mount Carmel." The author begins by noting that,

"Three biblical fire miracles involve the prophet Elijah: fire from heaven  that consumed a water-soaked sacrifice and altar on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:1–46), fire from heaven that consumed two sets of fifty soldiers (2 Kings 1:1–18), and a chariot of fire that carried Elijah to heaven at the end of his earthly life (2:1–18)."

But what I found most interesting is the scientific insights related to fire and combustion brought by the author, Charles Baukal, is a combustion engineer. So if you get a chance, check out the article in the July-September 2014 issue. While your at it, you might want to look at the April-June which contains an article by the same author on Nebuchadnezzar's furnace from Daniel 3.