A Prophet of Grace: Elisha (Used Copy)

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A Prophet of Grace: Elisha by Rev. Alexander Stewart

“The following pages deal with a portion of the Old Testament Scriptures which can scarcely be supposed to offer any special attention to the modern mind, and which therefore, as a matter of fact, is to a great extent neglected alike by preachers and writers on Bible themes. It is indeed not too much to say that in many quarters today the claim that the recorded events of the life of Elisha should be regarded as serious history would be dismissed with derisive smile as the survival of a discredited doctrine of Scripture. This attitude is of course due to the miraculous element which occupies so large a place in the narrative. In an age when a daring challenge is being offered to the miracles of Jesus Christ Himself, it is hardly to be expected that the marvels associated with a shadowy figure which looms out of the mists of a much more distant past should be accepted as literal historical happenings.In those far- off days, we are told, men’s minds were more credulous than they are in this scientific age ; they were accordingly disposed to invest with supernatural significance every phenomenon of the natural world which they were unable to understand ; and in this way a fertile soil was provided for the propagation of myth and legend. While recognising quite clearly the prevalence of this view, I have ventured in the present volume to treat the story of Elisha. as a narrative of fact which on various grounds can lay claim to the dignity of History.”

From the Preface.

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