Mighty in Word and Deed

The second of a two-volume work continues the social memory approach of the first volume, seeking social frameworks of memory and narrative patterns of social significance that can explain the construction of a gospel as an extended narrative about Jesus, including his words and deeds. This volume focuses on Elijah (and Elisha) typology in the gospels, these prophets serving as major "e;figures of memory"e; in the construction of gospel narrative. It shows how traditions preserved in Mark and Q functioned to raise the question of Jesus's identity vis-a-vis Elijah, to offer answers to the question, and to locate stories about Jesus on one or more "e;time maps,"e; thereby establishing the basis for an extended narrative about Jesus. It also demonstrates how extended gospel narrative functioned to integrate memories of Jesus into different frameworks of Christological interpretation.