The story of the healing of Naaman, the commander of the Syrian army, by the Israeli prophet Elisha is told in the Bible (2 Kings 5).

My paper will show instead how the consultation between the Aramean and the Israelite kings, the depiction of Naaman’s healing, as well as the circumstances of Gehazi’s affliction draw from generic ...

I find myself not alone as many of the Bible characters had this same conflict. One of my favorite stories is about Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Syria. He was an honorable ...

Someone once jokingly said that every story in the Bible is my favorite. But really, one of my favorites is about a man named Naaman. As with other Bible stories, I like it because of all the ...

This week's Living by the Word column focuses on the story of the healing of Naaman the Aramean, one of the most dramatic healing stories in the Bible. But here I want to blog about a small detail of ...

THE Jewish Encyclopedia (1903) says that Naaman was the archer who “drew his bow at a venture” (I Kings 22.34 AV). The NRSV says only that the archer shot “unknowingly”. Either way, that bowshot hit a ...