Breytenbach, A.P.B. (Andries Petrus Bernardus), 1944-Slabbert, M.J. (Martin Johannes)2012-02-202012-02-201997Slabbert, MJ, Breytenbach, APB 1997, 'Die Elisa-siklus teen die agtergrond van die Babiloniese ballingskap', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 53, no. 1&2, pp. 257-275.0259-9422 (print)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18158Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFIn this article the point of departure is that the 'meaning' of literature is to a large extent determined by literary as well as historical contexts. The literature which comes up for discussion, namely the Elisha cycle, is therefore studied within the literary context of the book of Kings as well as the larger context of the corpus of the Deuteronomistic history. The socio-historical setting of the literature - to be more specific, the dogmata which were the order of the day during the Babilonian - exile codetermines the parameters within which the legends about Elisha are understood.19 pagesPDFAfrikaansFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaBabilonian exileBible -- O.T. -- 1 KingsBible -- O.T. -- 2 KingsArticle