>What is not so obvious is why it should prefigure the Resurrection.
>Perhaps some Gentle Punters have information about this?
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>Dear Bill,
>
>I suspect the resurrection connotations comes from the fact that Eliseus
>was --going up to the house of the Lord--. This would echo the Lucan and
>Johannine notions of Jesus'final going up to Jerusalem (and the temple), a
>journey climaxing in his going up the cross and then rising up from the
>tomb. As he made this upward journey, various people--soldiers, onlookers,
>one of those crucified with him--mocked him. I don't have time right nowto
>check in the Glossa ordinaria or Hugh of St. Cher right now, but they might
>provide corroboration.
>Hugh Feiss, OSB
>
>Thank you, Fr Hugh. Actually I have found some more information on this point
in Raby - see my next posting.
Bill.
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