John S. Kloppenborg is Professor of Religion at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is well-known for his ground-breaking work on the Sayings Gospel Q. His most recent publication is Excavating Q: The History and Setting of the Sayings Gospel. He is currently writing a commentary on James for the Hermeneia series.Joseph Verheyden is Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He has recently edited The Figure of Solomon in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Tradition: King, Sage and Architect (2013) and (with J.W. van Henten), Early Christian Ethics in Interaction with Jewish and Greco-Roman Contexts (2013).

• Introduction - John S Kloppenborg, University of Toronto, Canada Luke's Use of the Elijah-Elisha Narrative - Thomas L. Brodie, Dominican Biblical Institute, Limerick, IrelandA Response to Thomas Brodie, 'Luke's Use of the Elijah-Elisha Narrative' - Robert A. Derrenbacker, Thorneloe University, Canada A Response to Thomas Brodie's Proto-Luke as the Earliest Form of the Gospel - David Barrett Peabody, Nebraska Wesleyan University, USA The Healing of Naaman (2 Kgs 5:1-19) as a Central Component for the Healing of the Centurion's Slave (Luke 7:1-10) - John Shelton, Dominican Biblical Institute, Limerick, IrelandA Rhetorical-Critical Assessment Luke's Use of the Elijah-Elisha Narrative - Alexander Damm, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Imitation and Emulation, Josephus and Luke: Plot and Psycholinguistics - F. Gerald Downing, University of Manchester, UK Toward an Intertextual Commentary on Luke 7 - Dennis R. MacDonald, Claremont School of Theology, USA Epilogue - Joseph Verheyden, Katholiek University Leuven, Belgium Bibliography Index

This collection of essays from prominent North American and European scholars offers a much-needed critical discussion of Luke’s use of the Elijah-Elisha narrative (1 Kings 16:29–2 Kings 13) … Because it includes a diverse collection of scholarly reflections on the extent of Luke’s use of the Elijah-Elisha narrative, this volume both offers well-reasoned points and counterpoints within which future studies can situate themselves and also suggests potential avenues for fruitful investigation