Why Not Her? : A Form and Literary-Critical Interpretation of the Named and Unnamed Women in the Elijah and Elisha Narratives.

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editor's Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Methodology -- Form Criticism -- Narrative Criticism -- Chapter Two: The Named Prophets: Elijah and Elisha -- Scholarship on the Deuteronomistic History -- Martin Noth -- American School -- Frank M. Cross -- Richard Nelson -- Gary N. Knoppers -- Göttingen School -- Rudolf Smend -- Walter Dietrich -- Timo Veijola -- Mark O'Brien -- Marvin A. Sweeney -- Scholarship on the Elijah and Elisha Traditions -- Martin Noth -- Alan Hauser -- Steven L. McKenzie -- Marsha C. White -- Susanne Otto -- Chapter Three: The Named Queen: Jezebel in 1 Kings 18, 19, and 21 -- Introduction -- Historical Studies on Jezebel -- Jezebel and the DtrH: Why Is She Named? -- Jezebel in 2 Kings 9:30-39 -- Feminist Interpretation of Jezebel -- Jezebel as an Israelite Queen -- Jezebel as a Foreign Queen -- Jezebel in 1 Kings 18:1-19:21 -- Structure -- Genre -- Setting -- Intention -- Jezebel and Naboth's Vineyard in 1 Kings 21 -- Structure -- Genre -- Setting -- Intention -- Chapter Four: The Unnamed Woman 1: The Zarephath Woman, the Foreign Prophetic Announcer, in 1 Kings 17:8-24 -- Introduction -- Structure of 1 Kings 17 -- Genre -- Setting -- Intention -- Chapter Five: The Unnamed Woman 2: The Shunammite Woman, the Narrative Leader, in 2 Kings 4:8-37 -- Introduction -- Historical Studies on the Shunammite Woman -- Rabbinic Tradition -- Feminist Interpretation -- Structure -- Genre -- Setting -- Intention -- Chapter Six: The Unnamed Woman 3: The Israelite Girl, as the Prophetess, in 2 Kings 5 -- Introduction -- Historical Studies on the Naaman Narrative -- Structure -- Genre -- Setting -- Intention -- Chapter Seven: The Unnamed Woman 4: The Shunammite Woman's Return in 2 Kings 8:1-6 -- Introduction.

Historical Studies on 2 Kings 8:1-6 -- Structure -- Genre -- Setting -- Intention -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.