nam 22 uu 4500 duepublico_mods_00000195 duepublico_mods_00000195 ger DE-601 rda ger 800 sdnb Forsling, Josef Author aut The Facts of Life before God and the Prophetic Peculiarity Three Illness Narratives of the Hebrew Bible Forsling, Josef text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) is a canonical text for many including its portrayals of illness. This article explores the narrative representation of illness in three longer narratives in the Hebrew Bible by means of a close reading. The narratives are all legends of some sort and involve terminal or impossible illnesses and the prophet. In 2 Kings 4 the story revolves around illness as an enigma and involves the motifs of hospitality, responsibility, and empowerment in an ever expanding plot. In 2 Kings 5 leprosy as an incurable disease stands at the center and the story develops through several contrasting motifs including greatness, simplicity, and humility. In 2 Kings 20/Isaiah 38 illness is a death warrant leading to bitterness, and the story probes the necessity and honesty of prayer. Two common traits in the narratives are prayer and argument as a response to illness, and the status of the prophet as a health care consultant. article Fakultät für Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften DIEGESIS Jg. 6 (2017) H. 2 host institution his 6:2<32 Fakultät für Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften, DIEGESIS Diegesis 2195-2116 duepublico_mods_00000079 https://elpub.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/receive/duepublico_mods_00000195 object in context https://elpub.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/duepublico_derivate_00000577/dej17060203.pdf raw object https://elpub.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/rsc/thumbnail/duepublico_mods_00000195.png preview https://elpub.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/receive/duepublico_mods_00000195 uri