Every Passover, Jews set an extra cup of wine on the dinner table and open the door for the enigmatic prophet Elijah, hoping he will enter. An evolving symbol of hope and redemption in Judaism over ...

God will not be mocked and the earnest pleas of his servants will not go unheard, especially when it pertains to his glory and majesty.

Elijah was a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel at a time when the Israelites were unsteady with their religious convictions and began worshipping the false god Baal.

Felix Mendelssohn began plans to write an oratorio on the subject of the Old Testament prophet Elijah in 1837. This final chorus, "And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth," from Elijah emphasizes ...