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Pp. 104-105. Op. , p. 64. Op. , p. 73. 1. Classifying the Elisha Stories 39 while the reference to 'windows in heaven' could have reminded an Israelite listener of Baal's clouds, it even more readily brought to mind the memory of manna raining from heaven in the wilderness (Exod. 4). Bronner's study makes a strong case for the viability of historical-contextual considerations in apprehending what a text is about. However, there is good reason to think that Bronner, like Ploger, mistook the part for the whole.
Yet as Culley's work on narrative structure has clearly shown, there are different ways of grasping or abstracting such content once it is located. These different ways would lead to contradictory results were they to be taken as definitive guides to function and genre. Thus something more than what Long gave in his opening proposal is needed to establish the mode of abstraction which corresponds to the narrative's essential function. Almost as if responding to the foregoing criticism, Long followed up the studies just reviewed with a second phase of study which attempted to get at narrative genres from another angle.
Admittedly these concerns are not identical, but on the other hand, Long gave no reason for his assumption that vindication must exclude veneration. In stressing the concern to legitimize prophetic authority, Long undoubtedly drew attention to a historical factor worthy of consideration in coming to terms with prophetic miracle stories. However, one wonders whether external evidence alone is an adequate basis for establishing this as a primary function of these stories. We note that Long was not entirely indifferent to internal features of the text in this discussion.