From Prison to Prestige: The Hero Who Helps a King in Jewish and Greek Literature.

STORY plots; HEALERS in literature; HEBREW Bible stories; MODERN Greek Bible stories; GREEK literature; JEWISH literature; NARRATIVES

The article discusses the commonality in terms of plot between Greek and Jew biblical books where underdog interpreter or healer in the foreign court of king performs tasks that the king's servants cannot do. The author believes there was a common interest among Jews and Greeks in creating narratives which are termed as literature of resistance. The author suspects a political rhetoric designed to praise people with skill that denigrates foreign people who are in an antagonistic relationship.